Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!jeffd From: jeffd@ficc.uu.net (Jeff Daiell) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Group creation time; favorable postings Message-ID: Date: 16 Feb 90 11:33:14 GMT Organization: FICC [but opinions my own!] Lines: 45 It has been noted that extending the amount of time needed for group creation would not, indeed, result in the collapse of Western civilization. I concede that point, but, at the same time, see no reason to needlessly prolong the process. Having the YES/NO and "which name" votes run together strikes me as a possible way of eliminating the occasional abuses cited so often. Still, I repeat that it might be possible to maintain the current system with additional safeguards against those abuses. Any suggestions? --- Let me reply once more to Tom, and then, hopefully, we can let this particular thread drop. Tom, You have apparently constructed in your mind a very malevolent malformation of reality. In your mind, there apparently can be no sincerity in this world, only calculation. If you were a nice person, I would feel sorry for you. As you have shown that you are not, I don't. I have posted favorable comments about Bill, Karen, and others, and defenses of Peter, because they were true (I have also posted critical remarks about Bill and Peter). Bill, living half a continent away, and Peter, having no input into my reviews, can do nothing material for me --- and I assure you that I have enough self-confidence that I do not need their "approval" for emotional purposes. You apparently don't believe this, but Humans *do* sometimes behave honestly. Brecht and Weill were wrong. Patiently, Jeff -- TV bulletin I'd like to see/hear: "Window washers for twelve office buildings fired for using cheap soap. Film at eleven."