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From: rissa@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Patricia O Tuama)
Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: REC.ARTS.CINEMA -- drawing the discussion to a close?
Message-ID: <10951@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 12 Jan 90 06:31:02 GMT
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In article <50754@bbn.COM> rshapiro@BBN.COM (Richard Shapiro) writes:
>What I heard from Trish were a few vague and amorphous arguments
>against *any* "non-technical" moderated groups. 

Richard, I never make vague or amorphous statements or arguments
about anything or anyone -- I'm one of the most outspoken persons
on this network.  Thank you however, for so nicely demonstrating 
my point that you have completely dismissed or ignored anyone who 
questioned or protested your decision.  

      I asked her explicitly
>to present her arguments on news.groups but she declined to do so.

I had personal reasons for that -- but there were other netters
who posted here questioning the wisdom of making this a moderated 
group.  What kind of snappy dismissal do you have for them, hmmm?

Everything you have written about the subject of moderation turns
on speculation.  You're convinced that for some strange bizarre
reason the great unwashed masses of rec.arts.movies will flood
the proposed newsgroup with god only knows what sorts of trash.
Now I can understand your feeling resentment towards what you 
call "r.a.m chat."  Certainly I got so fed-up with it that I quit
reading and posting there myself last May.  But that's no reason
to moderate this new group.  

You will recall that one of so-called "vague" suggestions I gave
you was to make sure an article detailing the differences between
the various movie groups was posted to the proposed group on a
monthly basis (as is done in several other newsgroups).  Certain-
ly that would go a long way towards eliminating inappropriate
postings.  You will also recall my other "amorphous" suggestion
-- that another newsgroup called r.a.m.lists be set up so that 
those persons who do wish to take polls and discuss the best car 
crash ever would be able to do so in that newsgroup.