srm@nsc.UUCP (Richard Mateosian) (03/03/85)
Could we agree to ban cross-postings between net.politics and
net.politics.theory.
I know that many articles have both theoretical and topical content, but
surely almost all could be allocated to one newsgroup or the other without
serious injustice to anyone's ideas.
I know all about pride of authorship, but it's really arrogance that lets
us force our postings on people who have chosen not to subscribe to the
newsgroup that our article belongs in.
Why not, if you feel your topical article contains an important theoretical
insight, post a separate small article to net.politics.theory. Similarly,
if your dissertation on political theory contains an insightful topical
remark, make a separate article out of it for net.politics. The small
focused article will get more attention than the same point buried in a large
article on a different theme.
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Richard Mateosian
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