🚀 go-pugleaf

cathyf@is.rice.edu (Catherine Anne Foulston) writes:
>I've been wondering, if the current guidelines are so inadequate, how
>come almost 800 people, a large turnout for Usenet, have already voted
>on a proposal whose Subject line only mentions the unmoderation of a
>group that hardly anyone reads because it has hardly any traffic?

And then...

>I am sure people will now pick this apart point by point and start
>telling me oh, computer folklore readers are more likely to know how
>the net works, and oh, those people only posted warnings because
>they'd read all the discussions & flames about synth, and oh, the
>folklore group is just a bunch of elitist long-time netter news
>admins, and a lot of other stuff. 

Well...you answered your own question. The folklore people were more
aware of consequences. 

>people care about the name of the folklore group, and not enough
>people cared enough about the name of the synth group (until flamage
>and stubbornness, that were unnecessary, had ill effects on it).

What's wrong with trying to equalize the awareness levels of the 
other "ignorant and therefore vulnerable" newsgroups? Or to fight
for their sake?

>When the folklore vote's over we'll see if the elitist news admins
>and experienced netters managed to rename a group against the wishes
>of its powerless disenfranchised readers.  

Alt.folklore.computers POWERLESS? That's a good one...

>Seriously, I don't have any ill will against anybody -- I just think
>the system we have works ok and that claims that it's broken are
>(unintentionally) exaggerated.

And you have a perfect right to feel that way. I disagree completely
of course. Ok?

>	making a note to bring the asbestos long-johns tomorrow

Who wants to flame you? You just have a naive opinion IMO....8-)
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