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From: chris@pyuxc.UUCP (R. Hollenbeck)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Meeting people via email/net.singles
Message-ID: <668@pyuxc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 28-Aug-85 10:17:08 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 28 10:17:08 1985
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>Summary: 
>
>In article <555@unisoft.UUCP> tim@unisoft.UUCP (Tim Bessie) writes:
>>In article <243@gymble.UUCP> speaker@gymble.UUCP (Speaker to Animals) writes:
>>>I suggest creation of a new newsgroup to facilitate this....
>>>net.personals
>>
>>People have been suggesting this for a long time.  Yet there seems to be some
>>moral argument or something against it.  "Abuse of network facilities" or
>>something like that.  Isn't it just as trivial as net.sf-lovers?  (no
>>flames, please) net.rec.nude?  net.wines?  I second that suggestion!
>
>I have two reasons why I would disagree with the creation of such a newsgroup.
>
>1) It tends to promote a "meat-rack" attitude tworads personal relationships.
>
>2) It isn't needed since net.singles provides generally the same facility 
>   (and in a much nicer package I might add).
>

Meat-racks are in the eye of the beholder, no?

I've said it before, I'll say it again.  You don't
have to read it if you're not interested, so why
deny it to those who are?