Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site watcgl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watcgl!dmmartindale From: dmmartindale@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Martindale) Newsgroups: net.singles,net.women Subject: Re: Was I bitchy and destructive? Message-ID: <2087@watcgl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Feb-84 05:31:41 EST Article-I.D.: watcgl.2087 Posted: Wed Feb 8 05:31:41 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Feb-84 01:17:04 EST References: <154@ubc-vision.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 13 Articles do indeed cost someone real money to transmit, and long articles cost more. But you also have to consider the content of articles, and how "worthwhile" they are. I find Laura's 110-line epistles worthwhile reading (usually) because she presents ideas which are often out of the ordinary, and thus cause me to stop and think about what she is saying. On the other hand, I find 45-line articles that complain about the writing of long articles more than just a bit silly. Ideally, all writers would be clear and succinct, and the length of an article would reflect its content. (Using that standard, the end of this article is now due.)