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From: gln@arizona.edu (Gary L. Newell)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.celtic,soc.culture.misc,news.misc,news.groups
Subject: Re: Let's have other more votes..
Summary: one last try
Message-ID: <8133@megaron.arizona.edu>
Date: 1 Dec 88 16:34:27 GMT
References: <1067@etive.ed.ac.uk> <8074@megaron.arizona.edu> <324@skep2.ATT.COM>
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
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In article <324@skep2.ATT.COM>, wcs@skep2.ATT.COM (Bill.Stewart.[ho95c]) writes:
> >  you intending to enforce this stupid proposition - hit squads?? 
> It is not stupid, nor is it unprecedented, and one enforces it by
> periodically asking people to be courteous.  It generally works.  

Speaking of being courteous, why don't some of you folks who dislike the
political discussions show a little? Allow those who do enjoy taking part, to
do so without the constant whining. 

> I've generally stopped reading soc.culture.celtic because
> it's become a forum for political flames, and it's hard to
> find any remaining discussion about linguisitics or bagpipes
> or history in among the flames.  

Please Please Please!!! Tell me what makes it so damn hard??!!?? Perhaps the
articles on bagpipes and linguistics are few, because it represents the level
of overall interest as opposed to politics. 


> If we create a
> 	talk.politics.ireland,
> the political discussion can go there and the non-political
> discussion can stay in soc.culture.celtic.
> So if anyone needs an adminsitrator to create a newsgroup
> after the voting is over, I'm available.


There has already been about a dozen or more postings in support of 
keeping the political discussions in s.c.c - there have been even more who
do not like the discussion but recognize its right to exist here. A few
of you however cannot accept that and think that by running your 
little vote you can somehow control the content of the group to meet YOUR
likes and dislikes!! 

I've heard so much crap about the lack of articles on this or the small
amount of articles on that, since the politics started - that is bull -
if even half of those of you who have complained like this would take as
much time to post an article on these seemingly important topics, then there
would not be this supposed problem. Instead however, you run around 
blaming the CURRENT lack of interest in meat pies or bag pipes, on the
fact that there is a political discussion that is on and off in this group.
Unbelievable! Take a serious look at the past posting behavior in s.c.c -
there never were many articles on bagpipes or meat pies - it is all 
relative, and if you simply do not like having to skip a few articles
from time to time, in order to find out if there are any postings that you
like, then goodbye and good riddance!! Everyone has the right to post
articles pertaining to any part of present or past Celtic Culture - whether
you or a group of others like it or not! How about adding that to your little
referendum??

		gln