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[Original Newsgroups list restored, but follow-ups once again set to
uk.net.regulation]

In article <1OaT7.245$8%.136954@monolith.news.easynet.net>
           pisces48@yahoo.com "pisces" writes:

> "Denis Mcmahon" <denisf@pickaxe.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:eubq1u0ktqlrj558bpl701pm6cre7g4gtv@4ax.com...
> ...
> > >i.e. a discussion would be a much better discussion if certain people
> were
> > >excluded ?
> >
> > Not at all, those who wish to follow the threads are not prevented
> > from doing so
> 
> You are missing the point. How do you know that the threads don't owe their
> existence to the clash of cultures between the different groups ? If a
> thread seems to peter out in the group someone is in, how many people will
> go hunting to see if it continues in crossposted groups ? Very few. What
> netiquette are you proposing exactly - that somebody should say
> prima-donnishly "Well I have views on this subject, but I'm only going to
> discuss it in the following groups".

No; what he said was "For those reading the original posting in group
x.y.z, please note that it was also cross-posted to uk.net.regulation.
That latter group was created explicitly for such discussions, and a more
focussed debate will result if you subscribe to that group, of which you
perhaps were unaware.  The original poster obviously knew of it too, but
was insufficiently experienced in the use of network.news to have set
things to take the debate automatically to that forum.  So please, if you
have anything to contribute to this topic, please add uk.net.regulation
to your list of subscribed newsgroups."

OWTTE.

> I suppose so, because that is exactly what you did.

Which was the correct thing to do: it's not as if he set Followup-To
without notice.

-- 
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}                                          bhk@dsl.co.uk
    "We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one of
    distributed ignorance.  And we know and understand less while being incr-
    easingly capable."              Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs