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Bruce Baugh  
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 More options May 17 1996, 3:00 am
Newsgroups: alt.philosophy.objectivism, news.groups
From: br...@aracnet.com (Bruce Baugh)
Date: 1996/05/17
Subject: Re: CFV: humanities.philosophy.objectivism (disinterested parties)

In article <4nh7jt$...@nntp1.best.com>, nr...@ss-n.com (Nicholas Rich)
wrote:

>In article <4ngsvq$...@loki.tor.hookup.net>, ba...@hookup.net (Brad Aisa)
>>As can be seen in the header, the message was sent to individuals with
>>Internet access who are interested enough in Objectivism to belong to an
>>Objectivist organization and subscribe to a Objectivist Internet mailing
>>list. Such persons form a natural constituency for the proposed group. The
>>guidelines are being respected.

>The following excepts from the letter demonstrate quite the contrary:

You would be demonstrating the contrary only if Usenet and the Internet
were synonymous, but they're not. There are thriving cultures that rely
on mail protocols, never (or at least seldom) crossing the path of the
cultures propagated via NNTP.

While it's less common these days, there was a time when e-mail access
without news access was completely unsurprising.

Bruce Baugh <*> br...@aracnet.com <*> http://www.aracnet.com/~bruce
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