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From: kathy@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (Kathryn Smith)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: Forwarded from rec.music.gaffa
Message-ID: <536@xn.LL.MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 13-May-87 12:33:18 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 13 12:33:18 1987
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References: <871@eneevax.UUCP> <21435@styx.UUCP>
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In article <21435@styx.UUCP>, mcb@styx.UUCP (Michael C. Berch) writes:
> In article <871@eneevax.UUCP> hsu@eneevax.umd.edu.UUCP (Dave Hsu) writes:
> > This seemed a more appropriate forum for this discussion, so I'm
> > cross-posting my item and suggesting that followers-up who are able
> > to, move this discussion here.  Those of you who want more background
> > should read the related postings in rec.music.gaffa, particularly from
> > 5/6 to the present.
> > 
> > [followed by a 200-line reposting of some debate on censorship,
> >  people allegedly being kicked off the net, etc., arising out of
> >  some articles in rec.music.gaffa/Love-Hounds mailing list.]
> 
> If this is meant to be interesting to a wider audience, the facts
> should be summarized and the issues raised thereby noted. I shouldn't
> have to wade through a week of rec.music.gaffa to attempt to do so.
>
	As the Usenet administrator here I share Mr. Berch's concern/interest
in being aware of situations which may affect the status of Usenet, etc.  
However, there is an additional problem, above and beyond time constraints,
with the idea of going to whatever newsgroups are involved and reading the 
back postings.  Not everyone keeps news around that long.  We only keep news
for three days here, due to disk space constraints, and by the time a discussion
like this moves into one of the news.* groups where I am likely to see it, the
offending articles are already expired.  A brief summary of the problem would
be most useful when discussing this kind of issue.

 
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