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From: stevel@haddock.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: Welcome to Usenet 1984
Message-ID: <274@haddock.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Oct-84 23:46:25 EST
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Posted: Fri Oct 26 23:46:25 1984
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Nf-From: haddock!stevel    Oct 26 11:17:00 1984

USENET is most definitly a privilege. It is supplied by the money of
the many institutions that pay the phone bill. There is far more traffic
than they can justify as useful. I estimate that 5% of the traffic,
and thats being very generous, is even remotely relevant to peoples work.

The net is not a playground, nad most people don't treat it as such.
If it is allowed to get out of hand sites will start closing down.

If someone abuses the use of the net and refuses to clean up their 
acts then pointing it out to their supervisor, who is paying the bill,
is appropriate.

Steve Ludlum, decvax!yale-co!ima!stevel, {amd70|ihnp4!cbosgd}!ima!stevel

PS: opposing AND rational views welcome.