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 100026,2150@compuserve.com (Eric Stevens) wrote:

>> russell@belding.co.nz (Russell Belding) wrote:
>> Dave Horn wrote:
>> Mike Moller wrote:
>>
>>[Raised objections to this post in various newsgroups]
> 
> What's up with you guys? Why so quick off the mark?


Because the subject matter of the post was inappropriate for some of the
groups they were posted in. Personally, I called for a discontinuation of
this thread in iconz.general, a privately propagated group distributing
news directly concerning a users connection with their ISP. Again
personally, I have no objection to this thread being continued in more
appropriate groups.


>Does it irritate you because you don't understand it?


In a sense, yes. The reason why many people subscribe to a particular
newsgroup is to cut down on information that is either not understood, or
superfluous to their needs or desires.

Should people _want_ to keep abreast of the financial movements outlined
in the original post, there's nothing stopping a user from subscribing to
a more appropriate group like misc.invest, misc.invest.stocks or possibly
aus.news.


> Well I understand it, and I bet so too do other subscribers to this
> news group ...


Which newsgroup? This is being cross-posted to several. Whenever I reply,
I take out iconz.general from the group list. This is not censorship -
People are aware of the thread and are able to see which groups it can be
read in.


> and I bet some of them are deciphering it with real
> concern. This is news. People are going to get hurt 'real bad'. So if
> its over your head, just shut up and let the drama unfold. After all,
> you don't have to read it.


In fact, due to a completely ambiguous subject header, people are forced
to read it, or no nothing about whether the post was valuable to them or
not.

Sorry to piss on your parade. Again, please exclude iconz.general from
this thread.

-dave^h.

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Dave Horn                  ComedyFest Ltd.           daveh@iconz.co.nz
http://iconz.co.nz/mac/                      http://iconz.co.nz/~daveh