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 | | From: | geopelia | | Subject: | Re: Repost:Re: NEWSGROUP CENSORSHIP - Vote NO to avoid it - | | Date: | Sat, 18 Dec 2004 16:26:31 +1300 |
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"geopelia" wrote in message news:...
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> "jackeroo" wrote in message
> news:KmLwd.76678$K7.10180@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > Yeah next will be all the news groups and you might as well go back to
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> > media?
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> > wrote in message
> > news:1103265713.261556.39310@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> > > Attention ......
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> > > There is a vote underway on a new newgroup proposal that will change
> > > the face of Usenet if it passes. This new group would be a moderated
> > > version of a popular unmoderated group. The current group has a single
> > > troll that is easily killfiled. This troll always posts under the same
> > > handle and email address, so it takes literally less than a minute to
> > > plonk him. Three of the newsgroup regulars are using this as an excuse
> > > to launch the new moderated group to take the place of the current
> > > group. If this new group passes, you can expect more proposals like
> > > this to pop up all over Usenet. Before long, all newsgroups will be
> > > censored and moderated at the whim of a few individuals.
> > >
> > > Say NO to Usenet censorship. Please VOTE NO against this group.
> > > Info on how to vote:
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> > > http://www.screenplays.us.tt
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> nz.general seems to be a reasonably intelligent group, but some groups I
> have looked at seem to be all nonsense or . Unfortunately the groups
> listed in groups.xtra.co.nz don't show the full name of the group when one
> is searching the list, and one can end up in an obnoxious one by mistake.
Sorry, that should be news.xtra.co.nz.
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