William T Goodall wrote: > > I think it's clear than Nick's behaviour here is quite inappropriate > and deserves censure in the strongest terms. What happened to IAAMOAC? > > It's clear Nick doesn't like my opinions. It's even clearer that > he's abusing his position in the most egregious manner and should > apologise to me and the list for his outburst. > The problem, William, is that your complain is based on the (false) assumption that the list is a democratic place, with elected representatives, and peer judgement.
It's not. Someone pays to mantain it, so it's a plutocracy. In a plutocracy, the shareholders have absolute power to ban whoever they want. Another example is the Wikipedia. There is an appearance of democracy there, with people happily engaging in discussions and elections, with the delusion that there's free speech and democracy. In fact, it has an owner, and whenever he (or she or them or Them(tm)) decide, they will close everything and turn it into a paysite. Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
