Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!purdue!decwrl!nsc!amdahl!oliveb!jerry From: jerry@oliveb.olivetti.com (Jerry Aguirre) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: comp.women -- moderated groups and the naming hierarchy Message-ID: <24133@oliveb.olivetti.com> Date: 21 Jun 88 19:12:49 GMT References: <5274@ecsvax.UUCP> <23922@oliveb.olivetti.com> <5293@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> Reply-To: jerry@oliveb.UUCP (Jerry Aguirre) Organization: Olivetti ATC; Cupertino, Ca Lines: 16 In article <5293@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> bch@ecsvax.UUCP (Byron C. Howes) writes: > >I see that the venerable usenet habit of incomplete quoting of articles >is alive and well. In the paragraph which followed the one you quoted >I said exactly what you said -- I have no desire to trick anyone into >carrying anything for me that they don't want to carry. I thought I >fairly presented both sides of the question. I think you owe me an >apology. I didn't realize that "dilute the hierarchy for distributional reasons" meant "exactly" the same thing as tricking others into paying for something you want. I have as much trouble identifying with that as you presumably have with "tricking others". I do appologize for directing my criticism against you personally. You do seem to be aware of the problem and attempting to find a solution.