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   From: cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk   
      
   Ferdi Greyling  writes:   
      
   >On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 11:55:43 +0000 (UTC), cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk (Chris   
   >Malcolm) wrote:   
      
   ><<>My university, recognising the serious threat to their mental   
   >>stability, not to mention the quality of their degree, forbids   
   >>students newsgroup write access. I'm surprised this simple remedy to a   
   >>serious modern social problem is not more widely adopted.>>   
      
   >Are you saying you reckon it is good for people to be told to shut   
   >up?!   
      
   I apologise for the ambiguity. The students are not told to shut   
   up. That wouldn't solve the problem. In fact it might make it worse.   
   They are simply not supplied with write access to newsgroups. Problem   
   solved to the benefit of all.   
      
      
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