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From: ray@rochester.ARPA (Ray Frank)
Newsgroups: net.followup,net.politics,net.news.group
Subject: Re: How about a temporary net.libya?
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Date: Tue, 13-May-86 09:22:26 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 13 09:22:26 1986
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In article <318@cad.UUCP>, hijab@cad.UUCP (Raif Hijab) writes:
> In article <2343@phri.UUCP>, roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
> > 
> > 	I suggested forming temp.libya, Mark Horton thought it was a good
> > idea and proposed making it net.politics.terror, somebody else jumped the
> > gun and sent out a newgroup message for n.p.t, and then...
> > 
> > In article <311@cad.UUCP> hijab@cad.UUCP (Raif Hijab) writes:
> > > I do not think it is right to try to deligitimize the discussion

  I don't believe the state run terrorists of Libya deserve their own 
special news group any more than I believe Charles Manson or Son of Sam 
deserve their own special interest group.  Libya has gotten too much media
attention already, which is exactly what they want.  It would not be a bad
idea to have perhaps a net.terrorist news group and lump Syria, Iran, Libya,
and such countries together under their common doctrines.  Aside from all this,
discussions for and against the disciplining of Libya has chewed up too much
valuable disk space of hundreds of systems around the country.  Seems like a
lot of unnecessary pollution to me.  Libya just isn't THAT important.  Now if
someone suggested a net.Soviet or net.Soviet.lifestyles or net.Soviet.intentions
or some such news group of this type, I could see the importance and general
benefit of it.

ray