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From: jackson@utzoo.UUCP (Don Jackson)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Parrot Postings 
Message-ID: <9047@utzoo.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 13:40:19 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  4 13:40:19 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 4-Dec-87 13:40:19 EST
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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larrabee@decwrl.dec.com (alias Tracy Larrabee) writes:

>you are threatening net sabatage, I think you should look into how such 
>acts are viewed by the community of net-news administrators.
>If you want to start a new group, send a message to *.news.group and say
>that you are collecting votes on the popularity of that new group.  Name it
>anything you like: rec.utzoo-jerks, rec.wildlife.withfeathers, ...
>But if you just want to whine, I suggest you face up the the reality of 
>usenet: You cannot stop parrot enthusiasts from posting to this 
>(appropriately-named) group. 

I fail to see why you feel that this newsgroup is appropriately named
for parrots ... at least more appropriate than for its original intent,
namely "bird watching". Your suggestion that bird-watchers start their
own newsgroup is rather ludicrous. You feel that
"parrot-people" have some special status carved in stone that they may
post their tremendous insight into the world of birds but that
people who wish to see the news restricted to its original purpose
should create their *own new* group. I imagine it would be
only a matter of time before the constipated budgies, *non-pet* parrots,
and the turkeys began posting their lifetime problems.

Since this group was created for people interested in bird-watching 
(wild rather than domestic form), I would like to conduct an informal
poll. How many people would like to see this group remain for the
bird-watchers and how many would like to talk about the fascinating world
of staring at caged, constipated budgies? I realize that the results will
be biased since only the most vocal people will respond but I will post
a summary. Please e-mail your vote to me to avoid clogging this newsgroup
with more postings of a non-birdwatching nature.

I have one other question that has been troubling me. What the devil is
a *domestic (non-pet) parrot*?
-- 
Name:   Don Jackson
Mail:   Dept. Zoology, Univ. Toronto
        Toronto, Ontario, Canada    M5S 1A1
UUCP:   {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!jackson