From: coop1w13@bnr.ca (Mike Hammond)
Subject: The Return of QL to r.a.t. (changed to keep non-fans happy)
Reply-To: coop1w13@bnr.ca
Organization: BNR Ottawa, Fibre Systems Development
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 14:54:41 GMT

In article <1992Apr16.144111.20591@bmerh2.bnr.ca>, coop1w13@bnr.ca (Mike Hammond) writes:
|> In article <1992Apr15.234555.19352@cs.yale.edu>, reeves-bill@CS.YALE.EDU (Bill Reeves) writes:
|> |> In article <1992Apr15.204451.16618@bmerh2.bnr.ca> coop1w13@bnr.ca writes:
|> |> >
|> |> >As a huge fan of Quantum Leap (read: Leaper), I apologize for starting this
|> |> >thread. I'm new to the network/newsgroups, and was originally disappointed
|> |> >when Quantum Leap didn't have a newsgroup dedicated exclusively to it. I had
|> |> >read that there was a vote about Quantum Leap becoming a newsgroup and that
|> |> >the motion was defeated, but I had assumed it wasn't because the fans didn't 
|> |> >want one! 
|> |> > 
|> |> As a non-fan of Quantum Leap, I admit that I was in favor of the newsgroup
|> |> when the vote came about last summer.  I also noticed that when that vote
|> |> was defeated, several prominent Leapers voted against it.  So all you 
|> |> Leapers have a point about all us non-Leapers trying to kick you out.
|> |> 
|> |> However, I've found a happy solution -- the kill file.  The only problem
|> |> is that when someone posts an article with the subject line like "The 
|> |> return of Quantum Leap to rec.arts.tv" my kill file doesn't catch it,
|> |> and then I am subjected to the same old arguments all over again...
|> |> 
|> |> My point is that if every QL article had "QL" at the beginning of
|> |> the subject line, a large amount of the whining by non-QL people would
|> |> go away.  I can't speak for all of the silent masses who don't watch
|> |> QL and don't care, but I appreciate it when I see a bunch of articles
|> |> dying before I have to look at them. :)
|> |> 
|> |> > 
|> |> >I again apologize for my stupidity.
|> |> >
|> |> Don't worry about it -- next time, just put "QL" in the subject line and
|> |> all of us non-QL'ers will be a lot happier! :)
|> 
|> Does this mean you're unable to put the words, ``Quantum Leap'' in your kill
|> file, or just too lazy? :-) :-)

By the way, this is exactly what I meant by non-fans. Leapers, please ignore
people like this who ask that you be quiet so that they can enjoy having no
Quantum Leap posts. IMO, there's little justification for asking us to change 
the title of our posts (which I did anyway, just to keep people happy) so that
the `kill' file can pick it up! 
 
I did notice the smileys, though. Perhaps he wasn't really asking us to 
promote self-censorship! :-)

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