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bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) writes:

>Shut your yap.  We moderate newsgroups out of generosity, spending
>time and money to so, because we believe that what we are doing is a
>good thing.  You have no business badmouthing one of us because he
>isn't doing it just the way you'd like.

Along a differnet note however, when someone volunteers for a position,
say the American Red Cross, there are thousands of people also volunteering
their time to the organization.  If the leader of such an organization
doesnt do their job well, the other volunteers have EVERY RIGHT to be upset.
They were donating their time to others, and in the end the whole system
fell apart.  

It is generally the same theory with c.s.u.  People are spending
thousands of hours on software for the public domain, with the
intention of having it spread to the general public via c.s.u.  When
the system breaks down and doesnt work and someone doesnt do the job
they volunteered for, people DO have the right to be upset.  That
person should have either resigned for the good cause of the system, or
should continue to do what they volunteered for.

The moderators deserve very high respect, as the job of moderation is
by no means a simple task, esp. for a sources group.  However, in such
a situation as the current one, people DO have the right to be upset.
The effects are felt in more places than in just your rn/nn/notes
newsreader; it hits the authors of the software.

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dean@coplex.UUCP   Dean A. Brooks
                   Copper Electronics, Inc.
                   Louisville, Ky
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