Michael Harney wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 11:09 AM
> Subject: Re: The "problem" with the list.
>
> > At 11:03 AM 6/24/01 -0600 Michael Harney wrote:
> > >So, I move to add an amendment to the list policy of "All is Brin". I
> move
> > >that we amend it to say "All is Brin except politics". If we wish to
> > >discuss the policital systems of Sci-fi Novels, that's fine, but let's
> keep
> > >real world politics out of the discussion.
> >
> > Oh please.
> >
> > How can you even discuss Brin without mentioning politics?
> >
> > I have an archive of every single post Dr. Brin has made to the List since
> > my arrival. Would you care to wager what percentage of those posts
> > concerned "politics", and which of those did not?
> >
> > When Brin writes a book like, oh, _The Transparent Society_, then what
> does
> > the List do?
>
> Would you care to amend this bill or pose an alternative one. Perhaps you
> should suggest to reword it to "No posts should be exclusively political in
> nature" or "All politically natured posts must have a *direct* connection to
> the topic of a book by Brin or Benford and such connection must be made in
> the post." (of course this opens up a nasty old loophole for
> environmentalist discussion with "Earth" and the second Uplift trilogy, but
> as long as we require the post and all replies to be relivant to the book
> itself, it should stay under control).
In all honesty, Michael, I'd rather reword it to "Who the heck gave
anyone around here power to implement parlimentary procedures to quash
speech they disagree with?"
While john's statements are frank and probably percieved by you as
harsh, his point is correct - limiting speech is not the answer here.
-j-
