🚀 go-pugleaf

Bruce Sinclair (SINCLAIRB@agresearch.cri.nz) wrote:
> >        Today I received a threat from the       Send
> >        Toronto FreeNet that my "Membership"     it to
> >        would be "reviewed" if I continued       the Moon
> >        "improperly" cross posting articles.     too
> >              ...                                ...
> >                                                 too
> >        Bob Allisat                              where ever
> >                                                 I want.

> oh dear ... how sad ... never mind. (pronounced JOY !!)

> Bruce

Yes it is sad, because it confirms the fears of many of us that 
internet is dominated (and controlled it would seem) by that tiresome
kind of person who is so often found around computers: the control
freak. 

As Terry Morrissey pointed out (though he wasn't defending Bob) in 
his response to the gentleman who complained about stolen time, most 
of the space on these threads is taken up by people bitching about 
Allisat's alledged abuses. There seems to be this element that 
has a deep spiritual need to point out and enforce the rules of 
so called netiquette. Considering that these customs were established 
when USENET was dominated by computer professionals and university 
students/faculty, is it surprising that they are challenged now that
other members of society (hopefully) post messages?

As for abuse, what is appropriate for a group called placename.general?
Surely whoever creates a group with general in its name has to expect posts
on a variety of subjects in a variety of formats (Personally I think
verse is the superior form for USENET and email communication - concise,
compact etc., but I'm too lazy to try to write that way).

Here, for all of you who so love to appeal to a higher authority 
(now, isn't this tiresome?) is the Oxford English Dictionary definition
for 'general'. 

general-completely or almost universal; including or affecting 
	all or nearly all parts or cases or things; not partial,
	particular, local, or sectional.

In my area we get Bob's stuff under ns.general. Now, anyone who has
walked the countryside of Nova Scotia ought to agree that this 
province is very much about poetry, if you take my meaning. Of course,
looked at this way, I can understand the complaint about posting 
poetry to tor.general.

					Happy Camping
					Mike Small