woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods) (09/17/85)
> As for the content of net.singles, and who should post/not post, > this sounds like the travesty that just took place over on > net.women. Some individuals were claiming that other individuals, by > reason of their sex, gender, male/femaleness, testosterone level, > etc., should be allowed to post/not post to net.women. This is not only a "travesty" that just took place, it is a CONTINUING thing. The problem is that people are focusing on an ideal net instead of the real thing. The real issue is not whether some people should or shouldn't post to a given group; the FACT is that you CAN'T KEEP THEM OUT. So, it's pointless to argue whether men should post to net.women, or married persons should post to net.singles; we couldn't stop them even if we wanted to. I fail to see why people in net.women complain; because the reality of the net caused the group (and the subsequent net.women.only) to fail in its *original* purpose (which was a non-hostile forum to discuss feminist issues), the feminist mailing list was created. This list has been HIGHLY successful in providing such a forum. Those people who really want to keep out "hostile" points of view should consider joining or starting a mailing list or creating a moderated newsgroup. --Greg