Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site leadsv.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!cae780!leadsv!mfe From: mfe@leadsv.UUCP (Mark Ellson) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: net.peacock? Message-ID: <556@leadsv.UUCP> Date: Sat, 10-Aug-85 19:49:02 EDT Article-I.D.: leadsv.556 Posted: Sat Aug 10 19:49:02 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Aug-85 00:45:35 EDT References: <97@ssc-vax.UUCP> <3102@nsc.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: LMSC-LEADS, Sunnyvale, Ca. Lines: 27 I find that I must agree with Chuqui regarding the state of affairs in net.singles today. I strongly believe that everyone should be entitled to their own opinions and beliefs, but I am offended by people who attempt to convince another person to change their beliefs by ridiculing those beliefs. Chuqui's description of net.singles is: > a place where people could get > together and discuss the practical realities of being a person in today's > world. It was a support center for people going through difficult times. It > was a place for friends to get together and try to make life just a bit > more tolerable in a callous world. This is the kind of place that is both pleasant and thought provoking to visit. Unfortunately, net.singles seems to be temporarily diverted from this concept. I hope that the group as a whole can sit back, take a deep breath, and start again without the proselytizing and one-ups-manship that I have seen recently. Within any community, there are going to be differences of opinion, but these differences need to be settled in such a way as to strengthen, not weaken, the community. Mark Ellson ihnp4!amd!cae780 \ >!leadsv!mfe ucbvax!sun!sunncal/