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From: gsmith@garnet.berkeley.edu (Gene W. Smith)
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Subject: Re: Call for discussion:  soc.history
Message-ID: <1990Jan13.043754.15395@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 13 Jan 90 04:37:54 GMT
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In-reply-to: welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty)

In article <2841149644@lewis.crd.ge.com>, welty@lewis (richard welty) writes:

>come one people, call me names or something.  it's really
>disappointing to propose a froup and not piss anyone off
>(well, sexton did complain about placing this froup in the
>soc.* hierarchy.)

  I have long thought that a history group would be a good idea,
but was too lazy to count votes for one. As to the name, it seems
to me that misc.history makes more sense, but I don't feel like
starting a war over it. But why soc?
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ucbvax!garnet!gsmith     Gene Ward Smith/Garnetgangster/Berkeley CA 94720
"What is algebra exactly? Is it those three-cornered things?" J.M. Barrie