On Friday, October 3, 1997 at 3:00:00 PM UTC+8, Plain and Simple Cronan wrote:   
   > remove-to-e-mailMr Wolf   wrote   
   >   
   > You changed your e-mail thingie effectively removing you from my killfile.   
   > Be proud. I have deemed you worthy of a response...   
   >   
   > > Usenet is not an accurate indicator of Star Trek Fan's attitudes.   
   >   
   > Yet the producers seem to think so. They make constant reference to the   
   > internet in their various interviews. I can quote two off the top of my   
   > head(Scorpion Promo in Tv Guide and The EW article Lust in Space). There   
   > are others in magazines I don't read  or don't have websites(Starlog,   
   > Communicator, etc)   
   >   
   > > Most fans who watch have no problem with the show and thus never feel   
   > > compelled to discuss it on the usenet, and some who might wish to are   
   > > discouraged by the lack of 'mature' discussion about Voyager on the   
   > > board and thus  become disillusioned like Starcrol who thinks this is   
   > > more a place where unpleasent arguments occur rather than intelectual   
   > > discussions of Voyager.   
   >   
   > Most fans(60 odd % and rising) would disagree based upon the ratings.   
   > Voyager's ratings have dropped at a rate that would have long ago cancelled   
   > any other show. Be leave Voyager(and DS9(  in the form of en masse. A   
   > trekkie exodus if you will that is continuing. The tremendous ratings of   
   > Scorpion part 2 were a fluke. The next episode's ratings DROPPED so hard I   
   > felt the Earth move(and so did the producers). The pissed off attiture   
   > ellicited by several people(myself chief among them can in no way be said   
   > to exist solely on these NGs   
   >   
   > > Even the lowest rated episodes of Voyager have millions of viewers and   
   > > there are only a few dozen poster to this board at any time.   
   >   
   > Wrong. I counted 400 posts on Dejanews by different posters. That is about   
   > how many Nielson families tuned in for Voyager to account for the millions   
   > you mention.   
   >   
   >  Those   
   > > who wish to complain about the show are more likely to post than those   
   > > who have no quarrel with the status quo.   
   >   
   > So many people have gotten sick of the status quo that they have simply   
   > stopped complaining and moved on. They, not having my ability to find the   
   > abject stupidty of others entertaining, have started watching things like   
   > The Secret World of Alex Mack on Nick for intellectual stimulation.   
   >   
   >   Therefore it is only logical   
   > > that this board would be over-represented with the show's detractors.   
   >   
   > Yet here is where they turn to find out what we think....   
   >   
   > You don't have to like it but you must accept that these NGs have come to   
   > represent Trekdom.   
   >   
   > -- Plain and Simple Cronan, X O of the USS Megadittos <*>   
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   > monkey!" - South Park UIN: 3549400 cronan@deathsdoor.com   
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