Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 13:51:07 +0200 From: Xenna <xennarnopsamo.com> Subject: Re: winter tyres with rims
Pete Brown wrote: > "Johannes H Andersen" <johsnopsamfitter.com> wrote in message > news:3F987276.3CB35C69nopsamfitter.com... > >>OK, my turn. For a start I'm not your brother or sister. The usenet is > > anarchy > >>and anybody can write what he wants. We may not like it, but nobody can > > stop it. Saying that Usenet is an anarchy is one of the old cliche's. True on many levels, but false on others. There may not be many enforcable rules, but many of the better newsgroups have a strong sense of community and social control. My reaction to the Dutch language post should be seen as a attempt to correct an undesirable trend as I see it. Predictably, many members (usenet is no club either though), disagreed with me, in my view because they don't see the risk of a deteriorating group. I've been on Usenet longer than most, since about '91, which, unfortunately means I've seen a lot of useful groups fall apart and become utterly useless. It's hard to believe now, but in my early net-days even alt.sex was an interesting *discussion* group. The language thing is one of my pet-peeves. I usually limit myself to try correcting my fellow countrymen, but I still think it's a good cause. Holland is a tiny cuntry and Dutch is a small language. Imagine what would happen if all the... Oh well, I'm repeating myself ;-) X.
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