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Jack D. Russell, Sr.
There are laws that cover necessary important activities to ensure the
safety of all. Participating in a USENET NG is neither necessary or
important enough to need same. USENET posts flow more smoothly if group
conventions are met, ONLY for the participants that subscribe to said
conventions. There's hardly any consensus that following capricious
arbitrary conventions, setup by a few participants should be or are
binding on the vast majority of users. Following your conventions makes
participating in the group easier for you. It makes it harder for those
that don't subscribe to your conventions. Who is to say who is right and
who is wrong? Hundreds maybe even thousands of people use this group
daily, most invisible to the active participants. Who can say that the
majority wants this done this way or that way? A little tolerance can go
a long way, especially when it's such an easy exercise to accommodate
all of the different types of people that cross this group.
JMO
SB> Jack D. Russell, Sr. wrote:
SB>
SB> It's not *always* great to be different - conforming to a set of
SB> rules is sometimes helpful to all - automobile traffic flows more
SB> smoothly if everyone drives on the right or everyone drives on the
SB> left . . .
SB>
SB> In Usenet posts flow more smoothly if the conventions of a
SB> newsgroup are followed . . .
SB>
SB> JMO
SB>
SB> Susan
safety of all. Participating in a USENET NG is neither necessary or
important enough to need same. USENET posts flow more smoothly if group
conventions are met, ONLY for the participants that subscribe to said
conventions. There's hardly any consensus that following capricious
arbitrary conventions, setup by a few participants should be or are
binding on the vast majority of users. Following your conventions makes
participating in the group easier for you. It makes it harder for those
that don't subscribe to your conventions. Who is to say who is right and
who is wrong? Hundreds maybe even thousands of people use this group
daily, most invisible to the active participants. Who can say that the
majority wants this done this way or that way? A little tolerance can go
a long way, especially when it's such an easy exercise to accommodate
all of the different types of people that cross this group.
JMO
SB> Jack D. Russell, Sr. wrote:
SB>
SB> It's not *always* great to be different - conforming to a set of
SB> rules is sometimes helpful to all - automobile traffic flows more
SB> smoothly if everyone drives on the right or everyone drives on the
SB> left . . .
SB>
SB> In Usenet posts flow more smoothly if the conventions of a
SB> newsgroup are followed . . .
SB>
SB> JMO
SB>
SB> Susan