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- From: stanley@skyking.OCE.ORST.EDU (John Stanley)
- Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.misc,alt.retromod,comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim,rec.games.video.nintendo
- Subject: Re: bincancel:3 large binaries:AR160:@@NCM
- Date: 25 Feb 1996 18:25:15 GMT
- Organization: University Computing Services - Oregon State University
- Message-ID: <4gq9ib$760@news.orst.edu>
- References: <ARMM-Report-160@redpoll.mrfs.oh.us> <ARMM-Report-160.a@redpoll.mrfs.oh.us> <DnA68B.5Kz@caprica.com> <4gojkg$a10_001@ttyCa.alinc.com>
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- In article <4gojkg$a10_001@ttyCa.alinc.com>,
- The Gentleman <gentlman@alinc.com> wrote:
- > And it is an equally longstanding consensus that binaries should not
- >be posted outside of the *.binaries.* heirarchies. The fact that some people
- >have chosen to codify violation of that into charters is irrelevant.
-
- Small fact that you overlooked: people don't just "codify violation"
- into the charters, those charters are voted on by anyone who has an
- interest. That includes news admins, and there are enough of them that
- no charter could pass that they didn't accept.
-
- So, if binaries are codified into a charter, it is with the acceptance
- of the admins.
-
- That makes your species "longstanding consensus" patently untrue. The
- only measuement of consensus we have on USENET is the vote, and the vote
- contradicts your claims of consensus.
-
- > As an alternative, Dick could simply rmgroup every group that violates
- >this.
-
- You mean, "rmgroup every group that has gone through the vote process
- and had their charter accepted by the net".
-
- >Would that be preferrable?
-
- Yes, because it woud be clearer that he was going against what the net
- really felt was the consensus.
-
- >Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered;
-
- How appropriate -- it explains why Richard still has a newsfeed despite
- his activities.
-
-