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From: halle@hou2b.UUCP (J.HALLE)
Newsgroups: net.news,net.news.group,net.flame
Subject: Re: Fear and Loathing on the Clouds
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Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 08:55:47 EST
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Please do not kill net.politics, net.religion, net.philosophy,
net.abortion, or any other "soapbox" groups.  They serve a very
important purpose: keeping the net clear of junk so that others
can read what they want without having to wade through the
(insert favorite expletive).  Without these groups, net.flame,
net.misc, and others will be flooded even worse than they are
now.  And don't say, "Use the n key."  Often the titles are
misleading or incomplete.  Besides, why waste the time reading
the header when it should be unnecessary.

Instead of removing the groups, why not make it impossible to
cross-post from them.  Thus something posted to net.politics,
net.flame, and net.misc, e.g., will only go to net.politics.