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- From: pete@mimsy.umd.edu (Pete Cottrell)
- Newsgroups: dc.general
- Subject: Re: Goodbye dc.general
- Message-ID: <63052@mimsy.umd.edu>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 19:26:34 GMT
- References: <725162424.AA00000@blkcat.UUCP> <1992Dec24.164620.26106@clsi.COM>
- Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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- In article <1992Dec24.164620.26106@clsi.COM> kevin@clsi.com writes:
- >
- >As long as DC is the "murder capital" of the USA it is a relevent topic for
- >dc.general -
-
- In that case, I suppose it is relevant in a general sense. But the
- discussion isn't specific to DC, and is best left to the larger newsgroups
- where more people can argue among themselves.
-
- >it seems more relevent to me than the endless postings we had on
- >how many people turned up for the anti-abortion march.
-
- Except that that march was held in DC, and the discussion partially
- centered on how different local agencies came up with their crowd
- figures and what their motivations were. Admittedly not everyone's
- cup of tea; on the other hand, it is a subject that will eventually
- die, whereas gun-control arguments can go on forever (as we are seeing).
-
- I have no problem with people discussing gun-control, in fact I think
- it is important that people do so. I just want it in the appropriate
- newsgroup.
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