Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 23:52:13 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Jamie Jones <jamie@bishopston.net> Cc: FreeBSD-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The Power to Serve England Message-ID: <20000610235213.A233@parish> In-Reply-To: <200006102105.WAA74975@bishopston.net>; from jamie@bishopston.net on Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 10:05:24PM %2B0100 References: <20000610210115.J46015@netlink.co.uk> <200006102105.WAA74975@bishopston.net>
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On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 10:05:24PM +0100, Jamie Jones wrote: > > england.* - > > "For people living in England and ANYONE with an interest in England." > > > There's a list of groups here > > http://www.england.news-admin.org/checkgroups.html > > I don't have any problem with the English creating their > own hierarchy, but looking at the list of groups, there > are quite a few which I can see no reason shouldn't be > under the uk heirarchy, or is this more a political than > geographical split ? > > england.consultants, england.jobs, england.media.tv, england.rec.pets > etc.... > > What are so special about these groups, as to not include us > Welsh, or the Scots and Irish ? > Well, since Plaid Cymru and the SNP fought for, and have got, the first step towards independence, because they wanted Wales and Scotland to have a separate identity to England, why is it so wrong for we English to have a separate identity from Scotland and Wales? I wouldn't have a problem with {wales,scotland,ireland}.{consultants,jobs,media.tv} etc. Maybe you, personally, don't hold with devolution but many do and they can't have it both ways. > The TV is the same, the job scene is the same etc... > > Cheers, > Jamie > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message -- Want a lean, mean, computing machine? Get rid of that excess FAT - install FreeBSD ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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