Xref: utzoo rec.music.misc:38981 news.groups:16240 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!yale!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!mtxinu!rtech!dark!rca From: rca@dark.rtech.COM (Bob Arnold) Newsgroups: rec.music.misc,news.groups Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: rec.music.pfloyd Message-ID: <4430@rtech.rtech.com> Date: 9 Jan 90 08:56:49 GMT References: <9504@hoptoad.uucp> <4700@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Sender: news@rtech.rtech.com Reply-To: rca@dark.UUCP (Bob Arnold) Organization: /etc/organization Lines: 43 In article <4700@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> oplinger@jupiter.crd.ge.com (B. S. Oplinger) writes: >In article TAR@MAINE.BITNET (Thom Rounds) writes: >>In article <9504@hoptoad.uucp>, tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney) says: > >>>I oppose this newsgroup. I think newsgroups should be for broad >>>categories of discussion, and of interest to many people. I don't >>>think they should be fan clubs. Fan clubs hardly even permit > >> Okay, point taken. Now then, do you suggest we remove rec.music.gdead, and >>rec.music.gaffa? They are the same kinds of newgroup that I've been campaigning > >>>Fan clubs are the death of honest criticism. > >Thom, I agree with Tim Maroney. I am a fan of Kate Bush. I read >r.m.g for about three weeks before the 'Kate is wonderful, Kate >is terrific, Kate can do no wrong' litany became old. There is no >criticism there. I remember a poster saying that he had purchased I too think newsgroups should be of interest to many people. But I don't see why they should be broad, or why they shouldn't be fan clubs. If criticism of Kate Bush isn't appropriate to r.m.g, then you can hold such discussions in r.m.m. I admit that appropriate naming of the newsgroup is a problem. (In my ignorance I don't know the connection between gaffa and Kate Bush - I'd probably post to r.m.m if I had anything to say about her anyway.) If I posted a Pink Floyd criticism to r.m.pfloyd and got flamed royally, I'd learn my lesson and retreat to r.m.m gracefully. r.m.m isn't immune from flames either. I'd like to read more of r.m.m but it's too flooded for me to weed through all of it. More subgroups would help. Fan discussions are as valid as truly critical ones. Unsubscribing is easy. > ><#include standard.disclaimer> Done. __ _ _ Bob Arnold Ingres Corp. |/ \ / \ / \| 1080 Marina Village Parkway | / / | Alameda, CA, 94501 | \__/ \__/| rca@rtech.com 415/748-2819