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   Message 53 of 1,925   
   Zaph'enath to Chris Malcolm   
   Re: [OT] Deterioration in Usenet   
   22 Oct 03 17:38:31   
   
   XPost: alt.religion.christian.east-orthodox, alt.books.beatgeneration,   
   alt.usage.english   
   XPost: soc.culture.south-africa, rec.arts.books, misc.education   
   XPost: sci.anthropology   
   From: zaphenath@NOmiraiSPAM.cx   
      
   Chris Malcolm wrote:   
   > Zaph'enath  writes:   
      
   [snip]   
      
   >>I can not speak for the "degeneration" in the other groups in this   
   >>x-posted thread; but college students are not the worst of the problem   
   >>in a.r.c.e-o.   
   >   
   >   
   > I wasn't speaking of the degeneration of newsgroups. I was speaking of   
   > the deterioration in the mental health of certain kinds of people when   
   > allowed write access to newsgroups.   
      
   Ah.  Forgive me for not noticing the thread drift.   
      
   > It sounds to me as though your two   
   > middle-aged christian contributors could be examples of this.   
      
   Perhaps so.  I might even consider how good it is for my own mental   
   health at times.  Beating one's head against a brick wall can have   
   deleterious effects, can it not?   
      
   - Joseph   
      
      
   --   
   "One should guard against preaching to young people success   
   in the customary form as the main aim in life.  The most   
   important motive for work in school and in life is pleasure   
   in work, pleasure in its result, and the knowledge of the   
   value of the result to the rest of the community."   
           -- Albert Einstein   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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