Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ateng!chip From: chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: Idiots! Re-propogate talk.bizarre! (Re: let's quit...) Message-ID: <2589099E.25658@ateng.com> Date: 15 Dec 89 15:11:25 GMT References: <3290@hub.UUCP> <19780002@hpsemc.HP.COM> <7341@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL Lines: 17 According to mjc@nl.cs.cmu.edu (Monica Cellio): >If, however, it is true that [talk.bizarre readers] are more guilty >than typical users of abusing the net (e.g. inappropriate crossposting), >then it is appropriate to do something. I agree. Fortunately, however, bizarrites DON'T cross-post more than others. So there's nothing we need to do. Isn't that a relief? After all, no one has yet proved that talk.bizarre is a problem! All we've had so far in lieu of such proof is a series of testimonials from former readers of t.b who felt left out because they Didn't Get The Joke. -- You may redistribute this article only to those who may freely do likewise. Chip Salzenberg at A T Engineering; or "The Usenet, in a very real sense, does not exist."