Quoting Ian C. Sison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> True, the fact that i do _not_ like that sort of list, but there are
> reasons for which i make my preference, and they as well are based on
> my experiences using both types of "policies"; these reasons being
> well explained by Eric's post.
I can't help noticing that this changes the subject from what I was
talking about. (I don't object; I'm just mentioning it.)
> In the same light i never said that the other 'tradition' will not
> work because it clearly does for those that agree on the tradition and
> choose to follow it.
You said, in the text I quoted, that the content of such a list is
dependent on the volunteerism of the "takers". No, it isn't.
Demonstrably.
We shouldn't have to go into the means by which the tradition is
maintained, on such lists. (I don't have time, and don't want to get
into it.) But the tradition _is_ maintained. On sun-managers, for
example, it's maintained quite consistently and successfully.
>> That is _a_ policy. There are others.
>
> Whatever the 'other' policies may be, they should be implemented by
> the end user, and not forced upon the greater majority.
There you go with the "shoulds", again. (And now you're adding a rather
odd hypothetical about some majority being "forced". Clearly, a group
adopts a particular mailing list policy because it wants it. "Forcing"
that group seems quite unlikely.)
You speak of your viewpoint as if it were manifestly the only one that
could be held on the matter. (The term "should" in this context
presupposes agreement with your value judgements.) My point was to say,
"Um, no, I don't think so."
I don't happen to participate on any sun-managers-type lists: I prefer
discussion lists. But I still feel obliged to speak out when I see
bogus reasoning against the other kind.
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