In article ,
gort wrote:

What's a 'forum'? This is Usenet...and newsgroups... :-)


Surely 'forum' is a generic term that is a reasonable description of a
newsgroup?

No, forums are generally web based and we have had enough trouble with
those in here over the years.

I'm afraid your education has let you down. Forum *is* a generic term of long
standing - 2,500 years? - and you have to accept its general use alongside its
more specific version, else display your ignorance.

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