Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxn.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ulysses!mhuxl!mhuxm!pyuxww!pyuxn!rlr From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: Proposal for net.religion.jewish Message-ID: <444@pyuxn.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 13:03:20 EST Article-I.D.: pyuxn.444 Posted: Mon Feb 6 13:03:20 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 07:17:04 EST References: <3215@utcsrgv.UUCP> Organization: Central Services Org., Piscataway N.J. Lines: 41 For god's sake, no!!!!! ["Did he really just say that?" -ED.] I feel just as strongly about this as I do about net.music.jewsharp ["Just ignore him when he does that." -ED.] Seriously, here we go again with the same arguments for subgroups, all of which rarely hold water. ---The current parent newsgroup doesn't seem to have the type of articles on the subjects we're interested in Do they fit the intended charter of the newsgroup?? THEN SUBMIT SOME ARTICLES ON THE SUBJECTS!!!! The fact that the current state of the newsgroup consists of Larry flaming at Laura flaming at David flaming at me flaming at Gary flaming at Tim flaming at Byron flaming at Ubizmo foaming at the mouth shouldn't matter. A newsgroup is exactly what YOU make of it---nothing more, nothing less. If you want to see articles on a given subject that belongs in a given newsgroup, then post some! ---The topics we would be talking about are not of general interest, and/or we are not interested in the bulk of the articles in the parent group In the second case, you've got an 'n' key, and of course the percentage of articles on subjects that you are interested in is your own fault: if it is 0% it is because YOU didn't submit any. In the first case, we are dealing again with the same type of isolationism and elitism as one finds in the proponents of net.music.themes-from-tv-game-shows. ---What's wrong with having net.religion.jewish, net.religion.christian, net.religion.islam, net.religion.ubizmo, ... And how about net.religion.christian.protestant? net.religion.christian.pro- testant.fundamentalist? net.religion.judaism.orthodox.lubavitcher? net.religion.islam.shiite? This is extremely divisive and unproductive. It will eventually bring us to the point where all newsgroups will be of the form net.site-id.user-id, where the contents of a newsgroup are those things of interest only to a given user, where he/she can post articles, reply to him/herself, and flame at him/herself. There have indeed already been articles on some of the subjects suggested. So what is the problem? -- Pardon me for breathing... Rich Rosen pyuxn!rlr