Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!snorkelwacker!spdcc!merk!xylogics!world!bzs From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) Newsgroups: news.misc Subject: Re: The Rape of Usenet Message-ID: <1989Dec23.004823.10957@world.std.com> Date: 23 Dec 89 00:48:23 GMT References: <946@crash.cts.com> <1989Dec21.000041.6034@ns.network.com> <1989Dec21.020140.24067@athena.mit.edu> <6577@brspyr1.BRS.Com> Organization: The World @ Software Tool & Die Lines: 24 In-Reply-To: pleasant@porthos.rutgers.edu's message of 21 Dec 89 22:01:14 GMT I agree with Mel and Karl (and possibly JIK tho he sinks his case so deep in other political agendas it's hard to tell) on that point: That the links should be two-way and it would be interesting to know why they're not. Can the local Genie users, for example, flame someone locally and only other Genie users see their response? That would seem unhealthy. As to what to do about it, I would think the first thing would be to simply express this to someone at Genie. I realize it's emotionally satisfying to all play Red Queen and shout "off with their heads" (ie. cut off their link, the meter is even right) as a first reaction but given the probably tiny harm it seems that more civil approaches should be tried first. If there is no satisfactory response (which doesn't mean they have to succumb instantly to all demands) then it could be discussed further among ourselves. This just seems to be a bit of a tempest in a teapot, perhaps everyone should calm down and figure out what exactly is needed. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die, Purveyors to the Trade | bzs@world.std.com 1330 Beacon St, Brookline, MA 02146, (617) 739-0202 | {xylogics,uunet}world!bzs