Reef Fish wrote:
>
> That's your paranoia and fantasy. Why would anyone want to take
> over this newsgroup? Anyone can create a newsgroup anyday.
Reef Fish,
Again you are way off base here. It takes a lot of work to create a
newsgroup. You have to write an RFD, most likely rewrite it, send it
for a vote, and if the vote passes by the accepted margin the group
gets created.
You can see all the details at:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/creating-newsgroups/part1/
Also, if you read the charter for this newsgroup, it says that overt
advertising by travel agents is not pemitted. That implies that covert
advertising by travel agents is permitted.
If a travel agent posts something that is on topic, within the lines of
the RFC, I see no reason that it would not be permitted within the
scope of the charter for this newsgroup.
I should have an idea of what is in the charter, as I helped write the
thing.
I know what some of the other regulars of this group think, as have
read it fairly regular since it started.
Adverstising was never prohibited in Usenet, even in the beginning. It
was always accepted in the form of a .sig file. This is a time honored
USENET tradition. It has been that way since USENET was on the ARPNET.
Just because you keep stating a known falsehood over and over, does
not make it true. This is the game of the politicans who want you to
believe them, and not the known facts. Tell people known falsehoods
enough times and they will start to believe it.
.sig files have been used since the beginning of USNET in 1980. Again,
a little research on your part would have turned this up. .sig files
are acceptable if the post is on topic for a news group.
Rays posts are withing the scope of the charter, as they are
information about crusing. Now, you may have a little trouble with the
quantity of his posts. That I might complain about. I would think he
could condense them into a summary of news releases each day... but
that is up to him.
Do your research prior to posting something jumping all over people on
here!
roland
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