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Re: Update (Re: ottawa charter wars)

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From: Chris Lewis
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 22:34
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According to Elat Lerner <cx172@FreeNet.Carleton.CA>:
> I really don't understand this whole mentality.

I don't understand why you felt it necessary to crosspost this to
can.legal and most of the other groups.  What exactly are you trying
to accomplish?

Snipped.
 
> How would you react if the Ottawa Citizen stopped carrying 
> stories about things that happened outside Ottawa. After all,
> if people really want the news from Edmonton, New York, or Kabul
> they can always get the Herald the Times etc. , right?

A more apt analogy in our context is if the Ottawa Citizen were to place
extra copies of every article in every section.  Ie: a copy of every
want ad in every section.

Just a big waste of paper.

Which is why they don't do that.

> As far as the names in brackets that you are so indignant about, 
> I suggest you check the ONAG website yourself. You will see that, 
> for example, Chris Lewis is the newsadmin representing Nortel 
> on ONAG.

True.

However, it appears a lot more like trying to drag a discussion
into personalities, rather than dealing with the ideas based on their
merits.
-- 
Chris Lewis,
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From: clewis@nortelnetworks.com (Chris Lewis)
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Subject: Re: Update (Re: ottawa charter wars)
Date: 20 Nov 2001 22:34:02 GMT
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