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From: rjl@sfmag.UUCP (R.J.Lewis)
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: Communication and NET.MOTSS
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Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 23:08:57 EDT
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I have just finished reading Owen Rowley's article on the recent content
(and lack of content) of net.motss.  I must say that it really hit
home.  For the past few months, ever since I discovered the existence
of net.motss, I have religiously read this newsgroup and have found 
many articles and postings that merited a response buy I have rarely 
posted.

Owen outlined that this is a struggle (almost always an uphill one!)
and that things will probably get worse before they get any better.

If progress is going to be made in the area of Gay Rights, we "responsible 
netters" are going to have to communicate with each other (on the net 
and off).  The net is the best means of communication open to many of 
us because
			1) It can preserve anonymity
			2) It has world-wide distribution
			3) It's quicker and more reliable than U.S. mail :-)

While it is one of the best means of communication it is also one of 
hardest to use.  I can attest to the fact that it is not easy to open
one's self up to a world of strangers.

I think that I may have gotten a little off the track here; the gist
of what I wish to say is that the lines of communication must be kept
open. We can all do without Ken Arndt's type of postings; positive 
communication is the key to doing almost anything.


					Reggie.

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	Reginald J. Lewis
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