In message <5dcrbtF34c6v1U1@mid.individual.net>
"Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:
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> "Paul Cupis" <paul@cupis.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:slrnf72928.hq9.paul@challenger.my.home
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> [snip]
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> > "newsgroups are the internet's open discussion forums".
> >
> > uk.telecom.voip is a newsgroup, yes, but it is also a
> > forum, specifically for the discussion of VoIP in the UK.[/color]
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> No. It is not a forum.
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> I am fed up with saying it as you only seem to want to inflame the
> situation.
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> Call it what you will, you will not change the FACT that this NEWSGROUP is
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But it manifestly /is/ a forum - in the general sense of the word.
I accept that there are other entities that are called forums (and
shouldn't they be "fora"?), in the specific Internet sense of the
word; but the existence of the specific sense in no way invalidates
the general sense, therefore, since users of this newsgroup use it
as a forum for discussions, it follows that it is a forum.
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> A forum can take place within a newsgroup, yes, and I suspect this is
> where you are going wrong. A newsgroup is not a forum in itself.[/color]

There you go again with this logical nonsense. How can a forum
"take place"? It's as daft as saying that a street takes place.
Please explain yourself.

Dave