Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!husc6!bloom-beacon!bolasov From: bolasov@athena.mit.edu (Benjamin I Olasov) Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.cog-eng Subject: Re: The symbol grounding problem - please start your own newsgroup Message-ID: <1064@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Date: Sun, 5-Jul-87 14:34:37 EDT Article-I.D.: bloom-be.1064 Posted: Sun Jul 5 14:34:37 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 5-Jul-87 21:25:46 EDT References: <764@mind.UUCP> <768@mind.UUCP> <770@mind.UUCP> <6174@diamond.BBN.COM> <1337@watcgl.UUCP> <977@mind.UUCP> Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Reply-To: bolasov@aphrodite.UUCP (Benjamin I Olasov) Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lines: 10 Xref: mnetor comp.ai:628 comp.cog-eng:192 I personally don't feel that it's Harwood's place to make a recommendation such as the one he made (rude or otherwise). If the discussion is germaine to the stated purpose(s) of the newsgroup (which it is), and is carried on in an intellectually responsible manner (which it certainly has been), why should it not be allowed to continue? Isn't the solution for those who don't find the topic interesting to simply not read the messages bearing that topic on the subject line? After all, any number of discussions can be carried on concur) wr) wr