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From: ecl@mtgzy.ATT.COM (Evelyn C. Leeper)
Newsgroups: comp.society
Subject: Re: Why can't WE change society?
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Date: 5 Jan 88 08:19:47 GMT
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I am not opposed to human rights; I am quite active in Amnesty International's
letter-writing campaign, for example.  But I think that Usenet is about to
collapse under its own weight as it is, and I think that the sort of discussion
that is generated on Usenet often does more harm than good.

Usenet to me is a good way to hear technical chit-chat, to talk about books and
movies, to find out where to go on vacation, but I don't see it as an effective
way to accomplish anything real.  The recent creation of soc.culture.china with
its hundreds of articles all quibbling about the group's name has only
reinforced that belief.

I would much rather see, for example, a regular electronic mailing from AI to
everyone who wants to sign up for one. 

Evelyn C. Leeper