"Brian Mailman" wrote in message
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Cyli wrote:

Have you ever looked at some of the alt group names? Eeek!

You can't compare alt.* in this regard.

Quite the contrary, the context invites comparison......damned near demands
it.

alt.* is an unmanaged hierarchy; anyone can send a newgroup control with
any name they feel like. There's no check on that ability.

Well then, it's kind of silly to call it a hierarchy, don'tcha think?

Wolfgang
who is an old school kind of guy......thinks that a certain degree of
consensus on the meanings of words.....individually and in
aggregate.....can't help but be a boon to effective communication.