Tarkus@here.com wrote in news:624ls95b6eeoan82mhphtujjqmk6273p42@
4ax.com:
> for the newsgroup to survive we have to consider broadening
> what was the original idea of sleaze.
>
> What that is I do not know.
I've tried several times to find out, but I don't think
you can get there from here except by accident. Here's what
I think I know about it.
The alt hierarchy isn't (has never been) subject to the pre-1987
formal procedure for creating groups (Charter, FAQ, RFD, etc),
so if the original purpose was ever spelled out, it was unlikely
to have been archived as the non-alt birth certificates were (for
a while). The alt groups could have been created using that formal
procedure, and some were, but it wasn't obligatory.
So, unless somebody happened to make a note of what the original
intent was at the time....
It probably depends on whether you think sleaze is 60s-70s grindhouse
sexploitation preserved in amber or whether you're willing to extend it
to include the inexplicable fascination with what Kim Kardashian is
wearing.
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