----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 9:48 PM Subject: Re: Beware off-list conspiracies!
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 9:20 PM > Subject: Re: Beware off-list conspiracies! > > > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 07:06:20PM -0700, Nick Arnett wrote: > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > > > Behalf Of Erik Reuter > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > They can. But it is a mistake to have organized discussions about the > > > > future of the list without involving the entire list. > > > > > > 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" :-) > > > Eric, your entire argument is based on: > 1 There is another list > > 2 You are not on it > > 3 You dont know what has been said > > So you seem to conclude: > 1 You dont like it > > 2 Its unfair > > 3 Its a conspiracy > > My problem with your argument: > 1 You dont believe anyone who tells you anything about it > > 2 You dont seem to trust *anyone* > > 3 Your subtext is that everyone on the new list is a liar and up to no good > > 4 You sound like Mulder is writing your posts > > A little bit of paranoid thinking is probobly healthy, but there is such a > thing as taking it on faith. > > Where is the history of bad faith on Brin-L that leads you to mistrust > everyone? > > xponent > Sekrit Dubble Knot Spy Maru Well, I think I'm going to let another secret out of the bag. The real SuperSecret Brin-L list is on Culture, to which I have not been invited. They are going to write up rules banning anyone who does not consistently use British spelling in a post. Dan M.
