Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!bionet!stjude.org!eddy
From: eddy@stjude.org (Pat Eddy)
Newsgroups: bionet.general
Subject: Re: bionet.politics problem
Message-ID: <607@stjude.org>
Date: 21 Apr 89 13:01:22 GMT
References: <8901201319.AA00174@net.bio.net> <12464062272.18.KRISTOFFERSON@BIONET-20.BIO.NET>
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In article <12464062272.18.KRISTOFFERSON@BIONET-20.BIO.NET>, Kristofferson@BIONET-20.BIO.NET (David Kristofferson) writes:
> bionet.politics does not exist any longer because users went overboard
> on several occasions.  It's original intent was to inform scientists
> on political matters relevant to them but unfortunately people did not
> restrict themselves to that topic.  BIONET is funded by the NIH to
> promote scientific research, not political discussions.  There are
> many other USENET newsgroups where people can express political
> opinions.  It is against regulations to use government money to
> promote personal political views, and this is definitely not part of
> BIONET's mission.
> 
> 				Sincerely,
> 
> 				Dave Kristofferson
> 				BIONET Resource Manager
> 
> 				kristofferson@bionet-20.bio.net
> 
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This is testing the ANSWER command in NEWS. It's not working either.
Please ignore.  Sorry to bother you.