Dr. G. Watson — Copyrighted 2000… All Rights Reserved  ¨ <> wrote in message . > On Sat, 3 Mar 2001 12:12:38 -0600, “Charles Symes” <>

> decided to speak thusly & wrote:

>

> >This is a baptist NG but I doubt eeryone here is baptist. Many people

get > >on the groups just to start trouble and some are actually looking for

> >answers. This group should have a moderator that sifts through the posts

> >and rejects the ones that aren’t on topic

> >

> >

> problem is, it’s not set up as a moderated group, sir—- and to

> change it would be a horrendous task.

> You’d need to set up a whole new group entirely, and moderating in

> itself is a real chore for the one doing it….

> doc

Another angle (from a Baptist). Here’s a cross-section of ‘Net newsgroup-users – the kind of people Jesus and the early Christians mixed with…

After posting regularly to many newsgroups for about seven years I’ve learned to be discriminating: you can tell by the subject and/or poster’s name whether it’s worth reading…

However: as Confucius say, why not light a candle rather than curse the darkness? Start a discussion about something interesting and you’ll get mixed responses, but learn to flow with that…

Here endeth the lesson (oh, that’s Anglican isn’t it :-)!

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