In message <3EB19615.7090506 at eds.org>, Josh Steiner <joschi at eds.org> 
writes
>Ian Clarke wrote:
>
>>>i know you will be *shocked* to hear me say this, but I think that's 
>>>kind of silly.  it seems pretty obvious to me that nothing is going 
>>>to be changed.
>>>
>>
>>Firstly, at what point did I say that not doing anything was not an 
>>option?  Secondly, making a request to freesite authors is hardly
>>"not doing anything".
>>
>
>you may feel like this has done somehting, but if this is the extent of 
>your action, then in *reality* you have done nothing.  you are still 
>linking to the same sites which have all the same issues you wanted to 
>address from the start.
>>
>>
>>> as cofe has made it abundantly clear, he's gone over all arguments 
>>>about linking child porn and arrived at his personal opinion to keep 
>>>things the way they are right now...
>>>
>>
>>Not necessarily, if you look at today's CofE he is clearly considering
>>alternatives.
>>
>
>ian, read it again, he says very clearly that he is not going to change 
>TFE at all:
>

No he doesn't.


>"My suggestion is of course by no means the only possible solution, and 
>I encourage the debate to continue. Removing a direct TFE link from the 
>gateway will *not* cause me to stop updating it. So don't let that 
>concern be a barrier to change. Although do be aware that I will also 
>not be changing TFE in any way simply to ensure it does get a permanent 
>gateway link under any new stricter linking regime."
>
>

He says that if he makes a change it won't be purely because TFE would 
otherwise be removed from the gateway page.  My conclusion - he may 
change TFE if he thinks it is a good idea to change it, in all the 
circumstances.


You have not been charged for this interpretation.


-- 
Roger Hayter
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