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In article <MOSS.92Sep1114400@ibis.cs.umass.edu> moss@cs.umass.edu writes:

>William> I am once again dismayed at the responses made by supposedly
>William> intelligent individuals to affairs which do indeed affect all
>William> of us. Perhaps some people simply don't se the connections.

>We get along in this environment because people follow the conventions.

I think if you look real closely, the majority of articles on
Usenet have two forms. One is technical information content, and
the second is dissent. If we really followed conventions, as you
suggest we do, the volume of articles and e-mail would drop 
substantially, I suggest, to the level of overall traffic we saw 
on the net perhaps three or four years ago.

>Whether or not you personally agree with the conventions, you are better 
>off following them than risking the negative peer pressure that will result 
>if you post to a lot of newsgroups. 

I am afraid that this very nice 1950's Hollywoodish concept is wasted here.

>There are other boards for this kind of thing. This is
>all part of getting along with real people in the real world.

Thank you for your rather patronizing close. Strange how you mentioned
negative peer pressure above, and in the end, missed your own message.

Bill Vajk