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- From: jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
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- Subject: Re: Newsgroup creation guidelines (was Re: Folklore, synth, and guidelines)
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 02:13:44 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.194946.54964@watson.ibm.com> strom@Watson.Ibm.Com (Rob Strom) writes:
- >Besides the rec.music.synth vote (which I missed, but would have
- >abstained from all questions other than the rms question had I voted),
- >the only similar case I can recall is the rec.arts.drwho vote.
- >This, too, was bundled with some other hierarchy like rec.sf-lovers,
- >to which the proposer believed r.a.d "logically" belonged. I
- >voted "no" on the question, abstained on the irrelevant ones,
- >and the "logical" reorganization was defeated.
-
- ...because concerned citizens went out and drummed up opposition to the
- proposal. Ferchrissake, man! There was more flamage about that reorg than
- about anything else in a long, long time.
-
- In this case, concerned citizens knew that something was going on and did
- nothing. This is the first case where such a thing has happened. I don't know
- why there wasn't more of a hue and cry raised, but I think it's reasonable to
- believe that the current case is the exception. After all, Scott Forbes got it
- right when he said that anything of note is accomplished on the net by
- flaming...
-
- >I think an extra ballot or two every couple of years is
- >well worth the price of avoiding the kind of situation
- >which we encountered with rms.
-
- I think taking Dave Hayes out back and shooting him is well worth the price of
- avoiding the kind of situation we encountered with rms.
-
- Sorry, but your statement is no more valid.
- --
- Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
- jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu | adequately be explained by stupidity.
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