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From: dmark@cs.buffalo.EDU (David Mark)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: rec.nature.birds?
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Date: Sun, 6-Dec-87 20:39:17 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec  6 20:39:17 1987
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In article <19021@bbn.COM> cosell@bbn.com.UUCP (Bernie Cosell) writes:
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>Considering the bent of many of us, and considering the *actual* stated
>purpose of the group, I'd like to propose that we change the name of this
>group to:
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>    rec.nature.birds
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>I'll be happy to collect votes if this seems to be a reasonable plan.
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This seems reasonable to me.  And I vote for the change.  It removes the
ambiguity that the parrot folk correctly point out is inherent in rec.birds;
rec.nature.birds is *perfectly* consistent with the original purpose for
which the group was established (and the reason I read it).