In article <1993Jan15.004528.12065 at ncsu.edu> samodena at csemail.cropsci.ncsu.edu (S. A. Modena) writes:
>And why not? Have you become the network-police/arbitor of "appropriate
>material?" :^) The Bill of Rights, accepted in 1791, begins with:
>"Amendment I: The Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of
>speech, or of the press;..."
Steve,
You clearly have no concept of newsgroup charters. The reason for creating
specific newsgroups is so that a reader will not have to wade through lots of
material that doesn't belong in a particular group.
I have nothing against requesting information. I am simply pointing out that
there is an appropriate forum for requesting everything.
It would not be very civil of me to post questions regarding ham-radio or
Ka9Q on bionet either, so I do not.
While you probably are at a site where your access to news is via a direct
Internet link and you do not pay for it, there are thousands of sites which
carry Usenet news via UUCP links. Those people are spending real money for
the telephone connections which are sometimes long-distance calls. UUCP sites
choose the newsgroups they carry based on the interests of their users. Every
additional article translates directly into that much extra telephone
connection time. You do not make friends very quickly by posting to the wrong
group.
Before I end, I would like to make one additional point. Before you bring up
the US Bill of Rights (for which I have the utmost respect), please bear in
mind that Usenet is not restricted to the United States. Usenet news is
propagated throughout the world, most of which unfortunately cares little
about your quotation.
Have a pleasant day, and spend some time thinking.
Ashok
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Ashok Aiyar
Department of Biochemistry
CWRU School of Medicine
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