From: utzoo!decvax!ittvax!sii!mem Newsgroups: net.general Title: harumph Article-I.D.: sii.148 Posted: Mon Aug 9 00:23:34 1982 Received: Mon Aug 9 05:24:00 1982 c I didnt see the birth notice (don't seem to see everything here), but I saw a reply signed "stuart" that said we shouldn't send out birth notices because some people don't like babies. I guess I didn't get my list of approved subjects; for some reason I would have thought that it would be a gracious act to see an announcement of a rather happy and important event. But then, I am not one of those who have a general dislike for babies. Does a general dislike for endless repititions of positions on determinism or anything else count? or are there only special people who are allowed to veto what they find uninteresting? Mark Mallett