🚀 go-pugleaf

John Navas (jnavas@netcom.com) wrote:

: ANSWER:  I have repeatedly done so, but have never even had an
: acknowledgement from Netcom until a couple of days ago.  Apparently there
: is now some possibility that Netcom will help curtail the excesses of Tom
: Spearman. 

: --
: Best regards and happy holidays,
: John  <JNavas@Netcom.com>

Look, I think it is time to get some sense into this wild discussion.  I
personally do not care, within reason, who post to this group of news
streams.  It is really easy to ignor things you do not want.  That is not
the point.

Tom is only one of MANY people who use the net news on a regular basis to
sell things.  He is certainly not the only (and probably not the worst)
offender with regard to using it for commercial purposes.  My concern is
simply this:

	If we are absolutely going to ban ANY commercial postings on any
	but selected news groups, then we are being equitable (though
	perhaps dumb).

	If we single out a few to ban, and leave others, then we are not
	only being inequitable, we are being completely unfair to both the
	posters and the other readers.

Given that the current situation has gone on for multiple years, AND that
there is NO reasonable way to exclude specific postings without an active
human monitor (a situation I would personally hate to see), then I contend
that there is NO reasonable, fair, and effective means to prevent such
commercial traffic on this news group.  Why not just live and let live?

Thanks for listening,

Gerry Wilson
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