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From: rfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Yet another view on the death of the "soapbox groups"
Message-ID: <1760@hound.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 2-Jun-86 17:53:42 EDT
Article-I.D.: hound.1760
Posted: Mon Jun  2 17:53:42 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 4-Jun-86 19:02:42 EDT
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It seems to be a common human failing that we like to complain about
the other guys failings while ignoring our own. For example, here I
am lecturing to the great and powerful who run net.news while I am
a next to know nothing about the whole shebang. Be that as it may,
let me observe that it seems a mite peculiar to me that you folks
are out their about to "fix" the users misuse of the net by organizing
the so-called "soapbox groups" out of existence, while the net
itself appears to continue to deteriorate technically.  Why is it,
for example, that the so-called line eater bug still seems to exist?
Why is it that multiple transmissions of articles are occurring with
increasing frequency?  Why is it that articles reflecting back to their
point of origin seem to be occurring more and more frequently?  Surely
these latter two faults, at least, are contributing to the traffic
problem. I originate very few articles. Yet, when I do, I see them come back
to me over and over again. 
I suggest that this is a case where it is easier and more fun to remove
the dust particle from your brothers eye while ignoring the beam in your own.
-- 

"It's the thought, if any, that counts!"  Dick Grantges  hound!rfg