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In article <3l482q$tq@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, TedBW <tedbw@aol.com> wrote:
>The net is now a hub of commercial activity, and that activity is picking
>up the tab for the cash that the gov't is about to take away.  So, before
>you have flame fests, think first, take a look at the Web Sometime, no
>longer is it the home of the intellectuals.  It is now the internet
>shopping mall.  These people who post on the usenet are paying their bills
>like everyone else, so they are supporting the nets, thus, they are
>helping keep the net running.  So, maybe you should take a deep breath,
>count to ten, and relax.  It's like Television, if you don't like it, turn
>the channel!

Pah! and baloney! It is like television in a way, though -- certain
material belongs in certain places --- especially here in extremely
specialized groups. A group like capdist.misc at least implies
that any advertisements would relate to this geographical area --
and those should most likely be placed in capdist.announce.

The net is a network made up of communities of people -- the poeple
on this network determine what is acceptable and what is not. Regardless
of what involvement the federal gov't has or if these corporate
users are paying for their connection, every person with a connection
has equal say in this distributed environment. Do worry -- or at 
least take notice and action if necessary -- these are not the 
commercial airways. No one has central control over this but our
voices as a community can decide what we consider acceptable and not.  
-- 
Benjamin H. Henry                
bh4781@cnsunix.albany.edu           
English Dept. & CELLAR, SUNY Albany
www: http://eve.albany.edu/~bh4781