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From: karen@everexn.uucp (Karen Valentino)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: Sci.aquaria...Rec.aquaria Discussion
Message-ID: <1990Feb23.203512.3550@everexn.uucp>
Date: 23 Feb 90 20:35:12 GMT
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BRIDGE@rcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (JOHN BRIDGE) writes:

>I would like to see them both (sci. and rec.) continue provided
>sci. is "unlocked" from those sites still banning it. The reason for
>that banning seems to be gone. However many feelings were hurt over
>its creation seem irrelevant at this point in time.

I disagree with you that "the reason for that banning" is gone.

The problem that I see with your reasoning is that of setting
precedence.  The way I look at it (read: IMO), saying okee dokee to
sci.acquaria is, in essence, saying, "The way to get what you want
around here is to ignore input, feeback, group consensus, and group
will; if you just hammer it in you'll get what you want."  I feel 
strongly that this is a precedence I don't want set.  

My experience tells me that there are many people out there who will 
judge how to act in the future by the results we produce now.  To me, 
the issue has nothing to do with hurt feelings; it has everything to 
do with a bigger picture.  

Karen
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     notion of the interdependence of all things." -- Salvador Minuchin