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   From: mike@nospam4me.com   
      
   "Steve Hayes"  wrote in message   
   news:3f8a2ba5.175417214@news.saix.net...   
   > Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed a marked deterioration in the   
   > quality of postings on Usenet in the last few weeks?   
   >   
   > It used to be possible, somewhere among the spam, the rants, the flames,   
   and   
   > the off-topic junk,   
   > Why is it so difficult to attract intelligent people to post in   
   newsgroups?   
      
   I talk to myself now. Now the rants are nothing but reasonable pleas, there   
   is no flaming or spam, and nothing is ever off-topic.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)