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Re: One Last Wish

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From: John F Haugh II
Date: Tue, 14 May 1991 15:13
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In article <1991May13.212809.25299@convex.com> tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes:
>The bottom line is that alt.sources works best when it's a source group,
>like comp.sources.misc, except that it has an instant turn-around time.  I
>wouldn't want to see it moderated and lose that.   

Yes, but allowing just any old yahoo to post "Last Wish for Dying Child"
comes with its attendant share of problems.  Like, countering "Last Wish
for Dying Child."  If you are going to allow idiots to post these calls
for more postcards, you have to allow idiots like myself to post calls
for people to ignore the original posting.
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From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II)
Newsgroups: alt.sources.d
Subject: Re: One Last Wish
Message-ID: <19275@rpp386.cactus.org>
Date: 14 May 91 15:13:15 GMT
References: <19265@rpp386.cactus.org> <1991May13.012237.27832@convex.com> <19267@rpp386.cactus.org> <1991May13.212809.25299@convex.com>
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