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From: dmmartindale@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Martindale)
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.women
Subject: Re: Was I bitchy and destructive?
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Date: Wed, 8-Feb-84 05:31:41 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  8 05:31:41 1984
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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.)