Posted by Bent Stigsen on 05/19/06 18:31

Erwin Moller wrote:

> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
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>> No one "manages" newsgroups. There is a group which governs the creation
>> of non-alt groups, but that's about it.
>>
>> As you indicated, anyone can create an alt group. It is possible to get
>> rid of
>> a non-alt group, but it's difficult. Virtually impossible to get rid of
>> a non-alt group, though.
>>
>> And you can't force anyone to go anyplace on usenet. Just live with it.

alt.religion.scientology is a good example of that. Scientology have tried
eagerly to make it go away for the past 10 years or so.
They have had their laywers sending rmgroup control messages, with demand
for removal on grounds of; trademark, copyright and trade secret
violations, but that didn't fly.
They have webpages specially dedicated to long time posters there, and for
some spread flyers in their neighborhood, exposing them as criminals,
sexual deviants, insane or whatever they can come up with.
Nowadays they just spam the place, but their aberrated critics apparently
know how to use a killfilter.

So, yeah difficult.

> Oh, I am fine with it, I just stick to this NG. :-)
> My question wasn't intended at all to force people somewhere.
> I merely asked because I wondered what was the reason for the current
> approach (if any).

They are PERVERTS.
"Such people should be taken from the society as rapidly as possible and
uniformly institutionalized"


/Bent

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