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From: jj@alice.UUCP
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Subject: Mail comments on removing net.flame
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Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 11:24:59 EDT
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Well, I've received 31 comments regarding removing net.flame.

They run 9 against, 22 for.   The ones against are deservedly

worried about the contents of net.flame spilling into other

newsgroups after it is removed.  The for's were varied in comments,

the spillover being the predominant comment.

Two of the "against" letters were from a school on the west
coast, the authors of these letters accused me of
"... a wimp who would faint if anyone ever disagreed with anyone
else".  I leave it to those in net.politics, net.religion, and net.audio
to evaluate that comment for themselves.

I don't think that this plurality is good enough for anyone to say
that net.flame should be eliminated, but it is clear that a significant
number of people regard it as a threat to the net.  Some replies indicated
that those individuals were taking action regarding their site. (These
are not counted in the 31 since they didn't (generally) have a for
or against stance.)


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