The Lord alerted my mind to the presence of this EVIL article by Peter J
Ross, and I thusly replied: 

On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 at 13:07 GMT, Reverend Parson Peter Parsnip wrote
in alt.alcatroll:

Path: gadfly.meow.org!kermit!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!
nntpserver.com!news.alt.net!usenet

                ^^^^^^^^^^^^

ALCATROLL HACE MUCH GRATENESS!!!!2!!!!

Why is this group not on my ISP's server?

It's on all the servers in your path, especially the one you appear to
be using.

I hate reading off Altopia - it's fucking shit. The worst retention ever.
 

But if you're in the UK, your ISP is probably crap, which would
explain it.

Indeed. ISPs in the UK are generally pants.

-- 
The Reverend Parson Peter Parsnip
Smiting Sinful Usenet Users Since 1874

"A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his
tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord." 
- Deuteronomy 23:2