Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sfmag.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxm!sftig!sfmag!rjl From: rjl@sfmag.UUCP (R.J.Lewis) Newsgroups: net.motss Subject: Communication and NET.MOTSS Message-ID: <656@sfmag.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 23:08:57 EDT Article-I.D.: sfmag.656 Posted: Mon Aug 12 23:08:57 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 22:42:23 EDT Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Information Systems, Summit, NJ Lines: 37 *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** 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. [-----------------------------------------------------------------------] Reginald J. Lewis AT&T Information Systems ...{ allegra ihnp4 }!attunix!rjl