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In article <1992Aug28.193432.14085@utstat.uucp> philip@utstat.uucp (Philip  
McDunnough) writes:
> Whatever it takes to put those prices back in should be done. This is 
> virtually the only platform to do this. We look like fools, apart from the
> fact that the announcements come off looking as  though they have been 
> through some kind of censorship. So I would certainly back your request for
> a vote on this. If the moderator won't go along with it, perhaps there could
> be a vote on him and/or the group being moderated. The whole thing is 
> ridiculous.
Whoa, stay calm.

There are lots of reasons, most of them historical, for why prices were  
forbidden from being on USENET.  Todd has merely inherited a situation that has  
been around for a long time.  There are issues besides popularity (legality,  
for one) to be considered.  There are some networks (not just sites)
which might not be able to carry csn.announce if it had price information.   
Todd has to consider of all of that before he makes a decision.

Now, admittedly his last questionnaire was rather confusing to some of us, but  
let's give the guy a chance.  Todd has put an awful lot of effort into making  
csn.announce more 'user-friendly', and I'm sure he wants to do the right thing.   
He's probably just worried (rightfully or not, I don't know) about his efforts  
being derailed by 'back-door politicking'.  Let's give him a few days to  
compile his questionnaire, create a policy, and defend his decision.  Then I'm  
sure he will be more than willing to enter into a rational debate on the issue.  

Until then, can we just play it cool?  We've lived with this situation for  
several years; a couple more weeks isn't going to kill anyone.

- Ernie P.

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Ernest N. Prabhakar                  Caltech High Energy Physics
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CaJUN President        NeXTMail:ernest@pundit.cithep.caltech.edu
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