From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!u1100a!sdo
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Title: Re: net.women
Article-I.D.: u1100a.276
Posted: Wed Jan 12 10:05:40 1983
Received: Fri Jan 14 03:08:04 1983
References: watmath.4212

Newsgroups should be formed based on how many people WANT them - not
how many people DON'T want them.  A previous article states:

"Splitting off and starting a separate news group to discuss
women's issues isolates the discussion and preserves the
impression that women's issues are not of general interest."

Nobody ever said that forming a newsgroup means that the subject is not
of general interest.  Suppose everyone reads net.games.rogue.  This
is no reason to put it back in net.general.  As far as I'm concerned,
refusing to start a separate newsgroup for women implies that they
don't have important enough issues to discuss.  I've said enough.


			Scott Orshan (Male)
			Bell Labs Piscataway
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