gf@dasys1.UUCP (G Fitch) (05/31/88)
In article <5643@chinet.UUCP> rissa@chinet.UUCP (Patricia O Tuama) writes: }There has been a lot of discussion here lately about crossposting }between other newsgroups and talk.bizarre with the result that }t.b always gets flamed for excessive cross-posts. .... } .... [T]he next time certain people go into hys- }terics about cross-posting, I suggest that they look back at this }all too frequent example of someone cross-posting TO talk.bizarre }and not FROM it. And I'm sure we can find many others. I welcome crossposts "into" talk.bizarre. We had a lot of fun with the lawn darts, and I'm sure the regular readers of misc.consumers found a whole new outlook on life. The crossposts almost always come from outside, because a true talk.bizarre reader begins to see everything as bizarre, and forgets that there _are_ other newsgroups -- I mean, newsfroups. Although you're right in saying that outsiders should get off our case about volume and cross-postings, since it's really _their_ fault, I'm afraid we're always going to be the victims of bigotry and prejudice, as the great minds and geniuses have always been. -- G Fitch {uunet}!mstan\ The Big Electric Cat {ihnp4,harvard,philabs}!cmcl2!cucard!dasys1!gf New York City, NY, USA (212) 879-9031 {sun}!hoptoad/