"Jose" wrote in message
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I do that selectively. Sometimes it makes no sense to post to a group I
don't follow (such as asking a question)

It seems to me you may not understand how cross-posting works.

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That is exactly the reason for stripping it. If I didn't strip it,
somebody might see the post in r.a.s and answer it there, and I won't see
the answer (at least if he posts from a lame newsreader). Now -that-
would be silly.

That's an absurd hypothesis. The only way it would happen is if the person
*answering* the question did what you are doing now.

Cross-posting is bidirectional. As long as you leave the newsgroup on the
Newsgroup: field, a single post appears in both newsgroup. Someone reading
your question in r.a.student, as long as they just do a normal default
reply, you will see their answer here, in r.a.piloting, even if they don't
personally read this newsgroup.

In other words, the only time the hypothetical situation you propose occurs
is when someone does the exact same thing you're doing now. Fortunately,
very few people do. I'd wager, in fact, that you may be the only regular
participant in either newsgroup to be engaging in this practice.

Your justification is circular. The only way it would make sense is to
assume someone doing what you're doing. Without that kind of uncooperative
behavior, there's no reason to do what you're doing.

Pete