At 8:11 PM -0400 6/26/99, murr rhame wrote:
> Personally, I don't have much sympathy for folks who insist that they
> have an absolute and unconstrained right to free speech.
Far as I'm concerned, they do. they have the absolute and
unconstrained right to start their own mailing list and post whatever
they want on it -- on their own nickel.
Long as it's my nickel and my list, they have to abide by my rules.
They don't like it, they can run a competing list. If they run it
better, my list dies. Darwin wins. Fortunately, the net is a big
place, and nobody has a monopoly on anything. And the users will vote
iwth their feet (virtually).
And when I get into these fights, that's exactly what I tell these
people. I even let them publicize the new list on my lists, because
if I can't survive a little competition, I don't deserve to run the
list anyway. (and frankly, 99% of the time, the only people who leave
are ones I wish would leave anyway....)
--
Chuq Von Rospach (Hockey fan? <http://www.plaidworks.com/hockey/>)
Apple Mail List Gnome (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])
Plaidworks Consulting (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])
<http://www.plaidworks.com/> + <http://www.lists.apple.com/>
The Jedi that I admire most met up with Darth Maul and now he's toast...
(Weird Al Yankovic - The Saga Begins)
