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- From: sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
- Subject: Re: RFD: how about comp.sys.ibm.pc.advocacy?
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
- References: <1h5k1sINNj9k@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> <1992Dec22.022437.10504@itsmail1.hamilton.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 04:00:44 GMT
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- In <1992Dec22.022437.10504@itsmail1.hamilton.edu> jmalloy@itsmail1.hamilton.edu (Joseph T. Malloy) writes:
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- >In article <1h5k1sINNj9k@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> nan@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Nan Zou) writes:
- >>I've been away from the net for a couple of months now, got tangled up
- >>with school and finals, and when I came back, I see page after page of
- >>flame wars in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. And I got to thinking: isn't it
- >>about time to create a comp.sys.ibm.pc.advocacy? So that all the flames
- >>and debates can go there and leave c.s.i.p.hardware for people who
- >>wish to discuss hardware topics. People may think an advocacy group
- >>will itself generate more flames, while this may be true, at least it'll
- >>keep the religious flame wars from spilling over to the other groups.
- >>
- >>
- >>-- Nan
-
- Bah! These advocacy groups do absolutely no good. You still get just as
- many flame wars in the regular .misc groups as ever, the only difference
- is that they're increased in size by the stupid:
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- 'Take this to advocacy you bonehead'
-
- messages. For an example of the futility of this take a look at the
- comp.sys.amiga heirarchy.
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- If I see another advocacy group up for vote, I'm voting against it.
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-
-
- --
- sheldon@iastate.edu Steve Sheldon
- Project Vincent ICSS Resource Unit
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