Xref: utzoo news.groups:17281 alt.flame:15063 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken!bu.edu!bu-cs!bu-pub.bu.edu!ckd From: ckd@bu-pub.bu.edu (Christopher Davis) Newsgroups: news.groups,alt.flame Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION -- talk.politics.gay Message-ID: Date: 3 Feb 90 21:07:34 GMT References: <34015@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <1990Feb1.151658.29563@tct.uucp> <2085@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Reply-To: ckd@bu-pub.bu.edu (Christopher Davis) Followup-To: news.groups,alt.flame,misc.test Organization: Boston University School of Management Lines: 49 In-reply-to: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM's message of 2 Feb 90 15:56:07 GMT In article <1990Feb1.151658.29563@tct> chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) writes: > I've got news for you: The legitimacy and morality of the homosexual > lifestyle *is* being debated. The only question here is whether a > newsgroup will be created as a home for that debate. On 2 Feb 90 15:56:07 GMT, davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) said: > How about putting the discussion, and the discussion of the > discussion, and the discussion of *THAT* all back on motss where they > belong. [WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP BOGOSITY DETECTED WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP] The soc.motss charter *specifically* states that discussions of the "rightness" of homosexuality are *NOT* to be carried on there. > A check of newsgroups shows five groups with gay or motss in the name. > Surely there must be somewhere in those groups for a discussion. > ba.motss Newsgroup for Bay Area motss'ers. 10 milligillies. Just because *you* get ba.* doesn't mean everyone does. Or don't you know about "regional" distributions? > clari.news.group.gays Homosexuality & Gay Rights. 50 milligillies. clari.* is for *distribution of news*--not discussions; even if it were a discussion group, it's also a for-pay group that's not anything resembling part of "mainstream USENET." > soc.motss Issues pertaining to homosexuality. See above, about the charter. > su.gay Stanford University > uc.motss Issues pertaining to homosexuality at Univ of Calif. See above, on regional distributions. > bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen) > "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me Yeah. Or something. OBTW--cute idea, setting the Followup-To: line to "poster." Did BIFF teach you that one? -- [ Christopher Davis, BU SMG '90 ] "...and don't forget the mutant newts." --Lois McMaster Bujold