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Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Whither net.flame?  [META-FLAME]
Message-ID: <726@sdccsu3.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 6-Jun-83 10:12:37 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun  6 10:12:37 1983
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          WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THIS NEWSGROUP???????

   For the last few days, this group has been cluttered up with a DISCUSSION
of discrimination!  Come on, you guys--this is net.FLAME, not net.discussion!
Most of those articles have no business here!  I sort of had the idea there
was a net.social for *discussions* of social issues--I *know* there's a
net.politics, in case you think Affirmative Action is a political issue!

   The appearance of discussions here may lead some readers to think that
this is net.teatime or something.  Indeed, a few weeks ago someone thought
is necessary to APOLOGIZE for having posted a flame here!  It was a perfectly
good flame, too!  There are even people out there who read this group expecting
to see reasonable articles, and get upset when they see one which is totally
unreasonable--i. e., a flame!

   There are plenty of other newsgroups for rational discussion and reasoned
commentary.  Let's keep this one safe for IRrationality!

   Oh, yeah: there are some readers out there who want to destroy this group!
Every time I complain about something, at least two readers mail me helpful
hints, trying to solve my problem!  If they solve all my problems, I won't
have anything to flame about!

   Now, just watch.  The people I just mentioned will miss the whole point
of this meta-flame, think I think I'm being reasonable, and take it
personally.  Serves them right, too.  We don't need do-gooders here!


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