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From: dragon@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Sam Conway)
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Subject: Re: soc.culture.iranian
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Date: 20 Feb 90 21:43:58 GMT
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I have received e-mail which has indicated that the initial posting about
the new "soc.culture.iranian" was intended as a joke.  An inside joke,
it would seem, which makes it uniquely inappropriate to be posted to
a worldwide network.

If this is the case, I am disappointed that the originator hasn't
made mention of this fact, but rather allows the Net to be clogged up
with followups from those who believe it to be sincere.

Let us assume it is a joke, as indeed it must be, and allow it to pass
quietly into memory.


--
Sam Conway                               *
dragon@eleazar.dartmouth.edu             *   Don't mention the war!
Chemistry Dept., Dartmouth College, NH   *   I mentioned it once, but I
Vermont Raptor Center (VINS)             *   think I got away with it...