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Joe wrote:
> 
> vlad@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (Ken Nagle) wrote:
> 
> >Now, I don't see all that much discussion about suburban concerns on a
> >lot of these groups- except maybe a few like dc.jobs, dc.farsale.*, etc. In
> >those cases, unless someone plans on moderating the group, you are going to
> >have companies from all over offer jobs. Same thing with dc.forsale.*, in
> 
> There's no reason to strictly limit it to the District line, because
> we are a *region* as well as a city.   On the other hand, there *are*
> Maryland and Virginia groups, and so suburbanites posting here should
> show some respect and refrain from District-bashing.

Hey, we might not be foolish enough to live downtown but we're locals
too,
and our respect must be _earned_.

The md and va.general groups seem to primarily relate to richmond and
Baltimore. Besides, it's all one big happy SMSA (Standard Mtropolitan
Statistical Area). 

> 
> That's not all that big a problem, though.  The real problem is people
> posting stuff that has nothing *at all* to do with anything even
> slightly local to this *region* under the logic of, "Well, Washington
> is a unique city, and it's the NATION'S capital, and blahblahblah..."

nice stretch of the imagination. for instance, a query about
unidentified aerial phenomena got crossposted into alt.alien.visitors,
and into sci.skeptic. I don't see the problem, since the observation was
made in Washington, from the Mall no less. And PS, if you're going to
quote me, do it accurately. Use a quoter. Cut and Paste. I know your
version of Free Agent can do that. 

> 
> I'm sorry, but that line of reasoning is crap.

Especially if the line of reasoning, as stated, is blahblahblah. Sort of
hard to argue with that sort of logic.

>   Just because the
> White House happens to be here doesn't automatically make everything
> that happens there a DC concern, any more so than the fact that
> Burundi has an embassy here means that anything related to Burundi
> belongs here.  It's our city, it's our region, we live here, and the
> nation has appropriate fora for national discussions.

that's specious logic, I do believe. There's a world of difference
between an embassy and a capital. You're trying to argue as if apples
and oranges were the same, and they're not. Why do I suspect an
education in the District school system?


> 
> The idea that everything that happens everywhere in the world can
> ultimately affect us and is therefore subject to discussion here is
> bogus too.  With that logic, you should crosspost DC local issues into
> rec.skateboarding, because something that happens here *might* affect
> a skateboarder one day.

If someone's loooking for a place to rollerblade in DC, and has decided
that the dream of their life is to rollerblade down Pannsylvania Avenue,
then they may be extremely concerned with plans about re-opening Penn in
from of the White House... and so you may see crossposts that are
germane, relevant, timely and beneficial going to both dc.general and
rec.sports.rollerblade


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