Where's the mythology
Kice Brown
couple of days. Got to wondering if anybody is using this newsgroup
seriously to discuss mythology any longer. And if not, in what newsgroup
are such discussions occurring.
Kice Brown
Derrick Everett
Nice to have you back!
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Martin G. Diehl
>
> I've been away from the newsgroups for perhaps a year
> now -- just back a couple of days. Got to wondering
> if anybody is using this newsgroup seriously to
> discuss mythology any longer.
Yes, it's still used to discuss Mythology ... but not
many messages.
OTOH, alt.mythology is abused by a lot of off-topic
trash ... your best course of action is never reply to
any off-topic messages.
> And if not, in what newsgroup are such discussions occurring.
If you find it, please let me know.
> Kice Brown
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mark...@io.com
<ki...@IowaTelecom.net> wrote:
no, i think the astrology spammer killed it.
soc.history.ancient is what i look at. this group had a debilitating
spam attack itself a year or so ago, but has recovered.
the current drawback of soc.history.ancient is that it has a lot of
crackpots. that is, you start a discussion with what you think is a
sentient being, but soon realize it's something far different. you have
to weed them out and killfile them.
Martin G. Diehl
>
> In article <baggae$j15$1...@ins22.netins.net>, "Kice Brown"
> <ki...@IowaTelecom.net> wrote:
>
> > I've been away from the newsgroups for perhaps a year now -- just back a
> > couple of days. Got to wondering if anybody is using this newsgroup
> > seriously to discuss mythology any longer. And if not, in what newsgroup
> > are such discussions occurring.
> >
> > Kice Brown
>
> no, i think the astrology spammer killed it.
Do you mean the cowardly, morphing, unprintably stupid, ...
astrology spammer djm? ... Who appears to have no reputation
even on alt.astrology?
> soc.history.ancient is what i look at. this group had a debilitating
> spam attack itself a year or so ago, but has recovered.
>
> the current drawback of soc.history.ancient is that it has a lot of
> crackpots. that is, you start a discussion with what you think is a
> sentient being, but soon realize it's something far different. you have
> to weed them out and killfile them.
I hope the killfile is effective.
Morpheus
"Martin G. Diehl" <mdi...@nac.net> wrote in message
news:3ECBF234...@nac.net...
> Kice Brown wrote:
> >
> > I've been away from the newsgroups for perhaps a year
> > now -- just back a couple of days. Got to wondering
> > if anybody is using this newsgroup seriously to
> > discuss mythology any longer.
>
> Yes, it's still used to discuss Mythology ... but not
> many messages.
>
> OTOH, alt.mythology is abused by a lot of off-topic
> trash ... your best course of action is never reply to
> any off-topic messages.
>
> > And if not, in what newsgroup are such discussions occurring.
>
> If you find it, please let me know.
>
But don't post it here or the crazies will follow you to the pristine group.
Derrick Everett
I can hear them drooling into their keyboards already.
Chris Siren
I started reading again around January but it's been Min-imized since...
well since I had
stopped reading about a year before that. I thought about a big
FAQ-smacking as a
means of generating some interesting posts, but largely I've been in
lurk mode waiting
for there to be a signal worth responding to amidst the noise.
Mark mentioned alt.history.ancient... It's not as bad as here, but
between Giwer &
Aggie-tom, it can get pretty bad -- but at least their e-mail addresses
stay the same
for longer periods of time, so you can build an effective kill file. It
still makes any threads
dealing with Israel, Macedonia, or Indo-European languages tough going..
Chris Siren
.: april :.
extended absence.
Is there perhaps an interest out there in setting up a moderated newsgroup
for alt.mythology?
April
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Once Upon a Time... (http://www.egyptianmyths.net/blog/)
"Kice Brown" <ki...@IowaTelecom.net> wrote in message
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Kice Brown
gang" is simply lurking out there, waiting for a mythologically interesting
thread or two (rather than something booted in from another newsgroup) to
which to contribute. I'll keep on lurking here and contributing off and on.
Right now, I'm reading Roberto Calasso's "Literature and the Gods" -- a
fascinating read. Kice
".: april :." <netjertR...@egyptianmyths.net> wrote in message
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Alice K. Turner
How good to see your name. The ng has been pretty much hijacked in your
absence. The old gang is gone, and who can blame them. But I miss them.
I check in once in a while--used to be daily. I would be interested in a
moderated group, never thought I'd say that because I used to like the
student questions. But the current situation is intolerable. Calasso is
certainly an interesting writer.
Alice
"Kice Brown" <ki...@IowaTelecom.net> wrote in message
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Mark Gerard Miller
he? Did you read Ka and the Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony? I was
going to read Literature and the Gods but balked at the $25 price of
the book.
Mark
"Kice Brown" <ki...@IowaTelecom.net> wrote in message news:<bb44ke$jus$1...@ins22.netins.net>...
Kice Brown
Try Literature & the Gods in paperback (ISBN 0-375-72543-1) -- Vintage US
$13.00
"Mark Gerard Miller" <mark_g...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Joe Jefferson
>
> Kice,
> How good to see your name. The ng has been pretty much hijacked in your
> absence. The old gang is gone, and who can blame them. But I miss them.
> I check in once in a while--used to be daily. I would be interested in a
> moderated group, never thought I'd say that because I used to like the
> student questions. But the current situation is intolerable. Calasso is
> certainly an interesting writer.
> Alice
I'd also be interested in a moderated group. I used to read this group
regularly, but now I rarely peek in because I have no interest
whatsoever in astrology.
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Don Redmond
<jjst...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> "Alice K. Turner" wrote:
> >
> > Kice,
> > How good to see your name. The ng has been pretty much hijacked in your
> > absence. The old gang is gone, and who can blame them. But I miss them.
> > I check in once in a while--used to be daily. I would be interested in a
> > moderated group, never thought I'd say that because I used to like the
> > student questions. But the current situation is intolerable. Calasso is
> > certainly an interesting writer.
> > Alice
>
> I'd also be interested in a moderated group. I used to read this group
> regularly, but now I rarely peek in because I have no interest
> whatsoever in astrology.
Let me follow with a me too. Although, for some, no doubt, cosmic
reason, there seems to be a resurgence of mythology posts. It
sort of coincided with Kice's pop in post. Hum?
Don
Alice K. Turner
"Don Redmond" <dred...@math.siu.edu> wrote in message
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It's true. It's remarkable. And no shrieking crossposting demons either,
the last few days. Maybe Kice is our attendant spirit. Maybe he can lure
Kim and the Chrises back. It would be nice to have a real group again
that isn't moderated.
Alice