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From: long@oliveb.UUCP (Dave Long)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: On "civil disobedience" in net.women.only (con)
Message-ID: <237@oliveb.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 25-Dec-84 21:11:47 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 25 21:11:47 1984
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Reply-To: long@oliveb.UUCP (Dave Long)
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    What do we want civil disobedience on the net for?  I don't think you
can gain anything by posting in net.women.only.  I challenge you to come up
with a specific reason why you would like everybody to post there.
    Net.women.olny is not hurting anyone, and if you want to create a
net.group.for.cretins.who.enjoy.crashing.other.newsgroups.only, go ahead.
Most of us will just unsubscribe.
    Do you feel that you are being discriminated against by not being wanted
to post there?  I feel that is pretty parallel with the reaction of my 4 year
old cousin when I won't let him into my room because I want some privacy.  The
people that read net.women.only would like others to respect their privacy,
and that sounds like a reasonable request, so I believe we should honor it.
    Lastly, I believe that this was pretty much hashed over during the furor
regarding the creation of the group, so if you believe that public favor is
with you, I would suggest getting someone to send you archives of the the
discussion during that period of time.

						Dave Long