Ivor Jones wrote:[color=blue]
> "Desk Rabbit" <nospam@example.com> wrote in message
> news:YZWdnZNxlsW3-_PbRVnyuwA@pipex.net[color=green]
>> Ivor Jones wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> "Paul Cupis" <paul@cupis.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:f4ljcv$1okf$1@energise.enta.net
>>>> Ivor Jones wrote:
>>>>> "Jono" <nothanks@blueyonder.invalid> wrote in
>>>>> message
>>>>> news:mn.5c4c7d767bc09145.48968@blueyonder.invalid
>>>>>> Ivor Jones formulated on Monday :
>>>>>>>> A forum is a place to meet and discuss. The
>>>>>>>> Forum in Rome is a collection of ruins but it
>>>>>>>> is still a forum.
>>>>>>> But this group isn't.
>>>>>> Why can it be a "group" but not a "forum"?
>>>>> Because a newsgroup is a newsgroup, a forum is a
>>>>> forum. It's like calling a bus a coach. They are
>>>>> two different vehicles. They're similar, but not
>>>>> the same.
>>>> No, calling a newsgroup a forum is like calling a bus
>>>> a vehicle.
>>> In your world, perhaps. Not here.[/color][/color]
>[color=green]
>> A bus is a motor vehicle.[/color]
>
> True.
>[color=green]
>> A newsgroup is a forum.[/color]
>
> False.
>
>[/color]
A forum is a place or medium in which people can have discussions that
are not moderated. Agreed?

A newsgroup is a medium in which people can have discussions that are
not moderated. Agreed?

Ergo a newsgroup is a forum.

Now lets hear your reasoning behind your assertion that a newsgroup is
not a forum.