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From: jpd@kepler.UUCP (John Donovan)
Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.politics
Subject: Re: Proposal for starting net.peace
Message-ID: <230@kepler.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 13:10:41 EDT
Article-I.D.: kepler.230
Posted: Thu Sep 12 13:10:41 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 14-Sep-85 03:24:07 EDT
References: <195@kepler.UUCP> <640@mmintl.UUCP>
Organization: MicroPro Int'l Corp., San Rafael, CA
Lines: 24
Keywords: Peace, politics, new group
Xref: linus net.news.group:3083 net.politics:10238
Summary: Sure...but I'd like to do better

In article <640@mmintl.UUCP>, franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) writes:
> 
> This sounds like a perfect candidate for a mailing list to me.  Perhaps
> Mr. Donovan would like to run one?

I'd be happy to, Frank, but I am still holding out for net.peace.  I have
been sitting out the Clash of the Titans, watching for the impending
demise of Usenet as the Mongol hordes come swarming in over public
access sites.(:-)

Seriously, I think net.peace has stirred up a lot more frenetic reaction
than it deserves.  Yes, Usenet has an overload problem, and yes, new
newsgroups will contribute to it.  But does the drawbridge get drawn
starting with net.peace? I certainly hope not.

I would be happy to run a peace mailing list, but not until the
net.peace issue is settled.  I would also be happy to moderate
a version of net.peace, but only as a fallback position.
Come on, folks, how about at least a moderated net.peace?
      
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... John Donovan, MicroPro Technical Communications
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