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From: phil@titan.rice.edu (William LeFebvre)
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Subject: Re: A moderator's liability (was flack about rec.humor.funny)
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Date: 10 Feb 89 16:35:57 GMT
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In article <1989Feb10.034157.25972@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>In article <2559@kalliope.rice.edu> phil@Rice.edu (William LeFebvre) writes:
>>>...."This violates the spirit of Usenet."
>>
>>Let's face it:  Usenet is changing.  The original "spirit of Usenet" may
>>very easily get lost in the ocean of new subscribers.
>
>Those of us who remember what Usenet was like six or seven years ago
>tend to feel that this happened long ago, and that the johnny-come-latelies
>whining about the loss of "the spirit of Usenet" don't know what they're
>talking about.

I see.  Or to put it another way, I don't know what I'm talking about?

Thank you very much.

			William LeFebvre
			Sun-Spots moderator
			Department of Computer Science
			Rice University
			<phil@Rice.edu>