On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 07:06:20PM -0700, Nick Arnett wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of Erik Reuter
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> [snip]
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> > They can. But it is a mistake to have organized discussions about the
> > future of the list without involving the entire list.
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> Straw man. There has been no organized discussion.
Bullshit. You organized it, even if you didn't intend to, by choosing a
list of people, creating a mailing list, not telling them that it was an
exclusive list, and not asking everyone to keep the discussions on that
list to only basic test matters (or telling everyone that the test list
would be digestified and posted to the main list every day). Negligence
or intent, the result was an organized discussion ("emergent system" :-)
> And if there had been, then by the same grandiose logic you would have
> some right to the conversations I've had about the list over lunch
> with other list members as well as my discussions about it with David
> Brin.
There is a big difference between a personal discussion between a few
friends and what you, intentionally or unintentionally, set in motion.
> If you insist that you must be part of any discussion on a given
> topic, you are trying to abrogate the right of a group that chooses to
> assemble without you.
To use your favorite phrase, straw man.
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"Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/
