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- From: bacchus@bnr.ca (Mark Bacchus)
- Subject: Re: If you don't mind me asking this.....
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.144155.5761@bnr.ca>
- Keywords: Bacchus, Dionysus
- Sender: news@bnr.ca (News Server Administrator)
- Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Norcross, GA
- References: <albyrne.727560049@unix1.tcd.ie> <C16zDp.7Au@unix.portal.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:41:55 GMT
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- albyrne@unix1.tcd.ie (The Phantom) writes:
- >I hope you don't mind me asking this but I'm just a curious person.....
- >Who is bacchus and why is there a group dedicated to this person?
-
- markm@shell.portal.com (Mark M Mavroudis) writes:
- >Bacchus, also known as Dionysus (from Greek and Roman mythology), was the
- >god of wine. He led a "religion", which celebrated nature and fertility
- >through wine and orgies. Church services must have been a blast.
- >
- >This newsgroup seems to be for the purpose of discussing wine,
- >but it does not appear to get much traffic. We could try
- >to get it going, however.
-
- I think the original charter of this newsgroup was as a forum for
- the "Bacchus" organization, a group of college students advocating
- responsible drinking, designated drivers, and the like. Either the
- organization disbanded, or they just stopped posting articles.
- Alt.bacchus has remained mostly vacant every since.
-
- --
- Mark "yes it's my real name" Bacchus
- Bell-Northern Research, Norcross, GA
- bacchus@bnr.ca
-