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From: josh@topaz.ARPA (J Storrs Hall)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: netnews integrity
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Date: Mon, 13-May-85 21:18:14 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 13 21:18:14 1985
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>You can't draw any conclusions from silence on the net.  Most of us
>have little time for the netnews, especially if the topics being
>discussed are not directly related to our studies or profession.  
>Richard Carnes

In this case, I have to agree with Carnes.  If I made reasonable answer
to even the most egregious of the misinformative, unthinking or just
plain wrong postings found here, I'd have to borrow time like the gov't
does money.  

Most discussions seem to peter out when both (or all) sides are convinced 
they have gotten the better of the others, or realize they don't have the
time to invest in what is, after all, a completely useless argument.
Since, like all political argumentation, netnews diatribes consist of
only the shallowest of thought mixed with lots of emotional blabbermouthing,
it's silly to form one's opinion, or to consider it vindicated, from 
what appears here.

--JoSH