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From: dougie@its63b.ed.ac.uk (Dougie Nisbet)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Can something be done about 770K waste of time postings...
Message-ID: <1317@its63b.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 12 May 88 17:59:28 GMT
References: <1574@looking.UUCP> <22099@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <392@pan.UUCP> <859@actnyc.UUCP>
Reply-To: dougie@its63b.ed.ac.uk (Dougie Nisbet)
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In article <859@actnyc.UUCP> jsb@actnyc.UUCP (The Invisible Man) writes:
>In article <392@pan.UUCP> jw@pan.UUCP (Jamie Watson) writes:
>	[ much flaming deleted ]
>)I like your mentioning of talk.bizarre, though - perhaps we should get the
>)entire comp.binaries.* hierarchy aliased to talk.bizarre, which is not (thank
>)God) carried in Europe, so we wouldn't have to pay for future lunacy like this.
>
>(This is too easy...) Where do you get off flaming a news group that you don't
>even receive?  Is it the title that you find offensive?  Is it those unruly
>Americans you don't like?  
>

It isn't always necessary to experience something to have an opinion about it.
(Drugs, alcohol, prostitution, politics, arms, incest,  rape)

Jamie's reaction is perhaps excessive, but understandable. The incredibly
overwhelming impression I receive of American's not realising that their
posting permiate all over the world is probably felt by many others.
(No, I don't want to buy your concert tickets, or rent your apartment,
 its just a teeny bit out of the way ...)

I followed the recent arguments about talk.bizzare V comp.binaries.ibm.pc
in news.admin, and feel that any group which feels its claim to fame is
to get top of the traffic ratings is probably not wanted here. 

>The crux of your argument (if it may be termed an argument, the Abuse department
>is down the hall to your right) seems to be that only those froups that you
>personally find useful should be allowed to exist.  Perhaps there should only
>be 1 froup titled net.Jamie (moderated by yourself? or perhaps by God, whom you
>feel certain agrees with you; or perhaps you feel you *are* God?)
>

Well, this is big of you isn't it? Perhaps you feel that that this is
a constructive response? Perhaps you feel that Abuse deserves Abuse?
Gosh, how can I bear your biting sarcasm.

>
>-- 
>		"When you awake, you will remember everything"
>				jim (uunet!actnyc!jsb)

Yes, very good, very moving, very deep. Right now I need aphorisms
like I need holes in my heads HHGTTG