Path: vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!chi-news.cic.net!news.uiowa.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!oleane!hole.news.pipex.net!pipex!weld.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.be.innet.net!INbe.net!news.nl.innet.net!INnl.net!hunter.premier.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: humanities.philosophy.objectivism Subject: cmsg newgroup humanities.philosophy.objectivism moderated Control: newgroup humanities.philosophy.objectivism moderated Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 14:30:04 GMT Lines: 98 X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.7 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAgUBMb7UbcJdOtO4janBAQGgNgP/SiVEJirIjuIebEFIONZtWTaN9XoNfLYg xQbsQYQaVgSirXbxrYfy7LVg55vq7eDvvIydx6eZ4q3RJE651BSMQhrvxP848Che xchj/vyV/vpb696KFFkCmTtJEW06VkTIBJAopGeihpPOLHV+mlYzzW/NjHdaEDso LAprnwY2QUM= =fUL5 humanities.philosophy.objectivism is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 362:46 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 6 Jun 1996. Group submission address: tskirvin+hpo@math.uiuc.edu Moderator contact address: tskirvin@uiuc.edu (Tim Skirvin) For your newsgroups file: humanities.philosophy.objectivism The ideas of Ayn Rand. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Humanities.philosophy.objectivism shall exist for the purpose of fur- thering discussion by Objectivists and those who admire Ayn Rand's ideas. Those who disagree with these ideas may of course also post to h.p.o. for the purposes of civilized debate and discussion of Object- ivism. Any posters who persistently abuse their posting privileges are subject to revocation of these privileges at the discretion of the moderator (qv). Discussion on h.p.o. may consist of attempts to support, elaborate, apply, question, or refute the tenets of Objectivist philosophy on the part of participants. 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