Afloyd.11 net.news utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!vax135!harpo!floyd!trb Thu Dec 24 14:52:08 1981 USENET POLICY As the netnews administrator for one (1) machine, and as a human to boot, I don't give a damn how many machines your are the netnews administrator for, that doesn't make your humble opinion any more valid than mine. I agree with the Honorable Administrator from Freedonia, the good Mr. Redman, that we should wait a month so that we can discuss this in person. God help us if our opinions are not all treated with equal respect just because of the popularity or stature of our machines. I did not like at all the suggestion (was it Mark Horton's?) that the USENET ethics committee should consist of his egghead academician cronies from Duke and UCB. The next thing you know, your opinion won't be valid unless your grandfather subscribed to netnews. Respectfully submitted, The Honorable Administrator from Whippany, New Jersey Andrew Tannenbaum BTL ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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.