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- From: mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin)
- Subject: Re: Bullshit (was: *Any* kind of r.a.b. split, or at least a *serious*
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.052000.7452@eff.org>
- Originator: mnemonic@eff.org
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- Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation
- References: <24DEC92.02382845@vax.clarku.edu>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 05:20:00 GMT
- Lines: 52
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- In article <24DEC92.02382845@vax.clarku.edu> hhenderson@vax.clarku.edu writes:
-
- >Oh, bullshit. Bullshit! BULLSHIT!! There's no brand-new culture! There
- >are no new rules for politeness and propriety! What people like you have to
- >understand is: This group is not some kind of shadow play, this is Real Life.
- >You are talking to Real People.
-
- I strongly doubt that you and Barbara Hlavin have any significant
- disagreement on this particular issue.
-
- >So we can allow a public group to be controlled by
- >whomever gets there first?
-
- I've never known an unmoderated newsgroup to be controlled at all.
-
- >Everyone who reads netnews who's
- >interested in something connected to the vague title rec.arts.books should
- >feel able to contribute.
-
- I strongly doubt that anyone disagrees with you on this point. Surely this
- principle extends to people who've been participants a long time as well
- as to those who have just arrived. And long-time participants should feel
- free to disagree with newcomers' postings, right? Unfortunately,
- disagreements may result in some people's being intimidated.
-
- It is impossible to stop anyone from posting to rec.arts.books.
- I think the responsibility for self-censorship is lies with oneself.
-
- >If you
- >raise a ruckus at their wanting to contribute, fine, be a jerk.
-
- This looks a bit like rhetorical excess. I don't think anyone is
- complaining about new contributors. So far as I can tell, everyone in this
- discussion says new contributors are a good thing.
-
- >If you
- >insist that there's this bizarre "divine right of r.a.b." that all newcomers
- >have to acknowledge, you're full of shit.
-
- Whom are you quoting here?
-
-
- --Mike
-
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-
-
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