Xref: utzoo news.groups:17461 alt.drugs:2370 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!ukc!axion!masalla.fulcrum.bt.co.uk!beta.its.bt.co.uk!tjo From: tjo@its.bt.co.uk (Tim Oldham) Newsgroups: news.groups,alt.drugs Subject: Re: soc.drugs Message-ID: Date: 7 Feb 90 18:31:57 GMT References: <131328@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <1990Feb7.030722.15380@eng.umd.edu> Sender: root@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Root on Masalla) Organization: BT Applied Systems, Birmingham, UK Lines: 25 In article <1990Feb7.030722.15380@eng.umd.edu> russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) writes: >In article <131328@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> williamt@sun.UUCP (William A. Turnbow) writes: >> >> What does anyone think about the idea of a soc.drugs newsgroups? > [much deleted] >> A 'mainstream' group to discuss societal impact might be a good >>addition. >> >Good group, bad name. This sounds like a perfect candidate for >'talk.politics.drugs', with the other highly-charged political >issues. I know this sounds silly, but if we could keep the word 'drug' out of it, it might just stand a chance of being available in the UK. Alt.drugs is censored by the UK backbone, and my hunch is that the name upset The Powers That Be there. Alt.sex and alt.sex.bondage are similarly censored. I may be mistaken. If the charter was carefully worded, we might stand a chance. Tim. -- Tim Oldham, BT Applied Systems. tjo@its.bt.co.uk or ...!ukc!axion!its!tjo ``Asking questions is the best way to get answers.'' --- Philip Marlowe.