Ahouxt.119 net.news utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!chico!harpo!mhtsa!eagle!ihnss!houxi!houxt!govern Thu Jan 28 16:28:52 1982 Re: netnews as a newspaper No Thanks!! Editors not only remove junk files and net.jokes.q, they also, just because users know they're there, affect the freedom of the discussion. It *is* nice, however to have the digestors and occasional moderators that we have now. Bill @ ihnss!houxt!govern ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.