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- From: scip1061@nuscc.nus.sg (Marc Paul Jozef)
- Subject: Re: moderating sci.physics
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.053044.2763@nuscc.nus.sg>
- Organization: National University of Singapore
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 05:30:44 GMT
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- sidles@stein.u.washington.edu (John Sidles) writes:
- : Why impose extra constraints by moderating sci.physics? Is
- : the extra bandwidth imposed by eccentric postings really a
- : significant burden?
- :
- : In my view, all persons of libertarian inclination should vote "no".
- : The present mild anarchy is quite tolerable, even enjoyable.
- :
- : Not that sci.physics is perfect... it just isn't clear that
- : moderation will improve it. The main problem seems to be a
- : paucity of well thought out, interesting & informative postings,
- : not an excess of eccentric ones.
- :
- : Also, consider the humanitarian aspects... why exclude people
- : with ideas that seem strange, at what may be a considerable emotional
- : cost to them, in the absence of a compelling reason to do so?
- :
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- Indeed, we are dealing here with people who
- do not know how to operate the kill-options.
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