In uk.net.news.config on Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:06:57 +0100, kat
 wrote:

> I am afraid I read every post Peter made and concluded he sees it more as a 
> private club, access being gained only once you have mastered a degree 
> course fancy scoring and killfile filters.  He doesn't seem to want new 
> people who need encouragement and a safe place to start.  He would clearly 
> prefer it all to die.

You're mistaken about how I see Usenet.

Neither you nor I is likely to disappear any time soon, so we can
perhaps resume this debate at some future date. Meanwhile, we both
have real lives to live.

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