At 11:34 PM 6/14/99 +1200, Joop Teernstra wrote:
>Among civilised people there is not much need to spell out what civil
>discourse is. It gets noted when it is absent.
That view works well only in some very homogeneous environments. Only some.
What is considered civil discourse varies greatly among different cultures,
and even within many cultures. However your view does suggest that part of
the difficulties have been your own very clear sense of things which, alas,
have not been articulated for the benefit of others on the list. Hence you
have asserted the existence of "rules", yet they were not published nor
approved by the membership.
>We owe you a debt of gratitude for forcing us early on to formalize list
>rules.
Indeed you do. Kent and I have been rather pointedly trying to get you to
take a number of basic actions which will help your effort at representing
individuals. Instead you have chosen to distract the group's effort with
this destructive campaign.
>Since you are now aware of the rules, why do you still violate them and
>continue to cross post without asking?
>Do you think the dnso list appreciates it?
So, let's see: Joop posts a proposed set of rules, requesting a vote on
them. Before a vote comes in, Joop claims that someone is "violating" the
rules?
This is a very unusual model of democracy that you adhere to.
d/
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