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From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Newsgroups: net.news,net.news.group
Subject: Re: Fear and Loathing on the Clouds
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Date: Fri, 8-Nov-85 10:43:07 EST
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In article <6122@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes:
>
>This is a real problem, but it has to be faced.  The junk has to be
>stamped out, not just walled off into its own corner, because we can
>no longer afford to transmit it.

	But I do not agree that it is *junk*. The material in the
"soapbox" groups is admittedly not technical or work-related, but I
find much of it to be a source of enjoyable social interactions and a
way to challenge myself to *think* about various issues, not just take
them for granted. These are useful functions. I would hate to see the
net turned into a dry, purely technical forum, with no chance for
challenging personal interactions.
-- 

				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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