The market does not dictate quality. If that were true, Titanic would
be the best film ever made and American Midol would be a showcase for
good singers.
Frankus
Sleek. Edgy. Infinitely flexible.
On Jul 30, 2007, at 10:53 AM, Mike VanHelder wrote:
OK, so the opposition to UCD and the BID I get, Al. Your motives are
ulterior, but understandable. But why all of the fear and derision of
the new list? The market dictates demand, right?
- Mike V.
On 7/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The [EMAIL PROTECTED] sneering committee met at the
Red Light
District outdoor cafe last night. of course, I wasn't invited, but
the I had
somebody up in a tree posing as a woodpecker and taking notes.
The real reason for starting a new list, all devotees of deliberative
democracy will be happy to hear, is not to exclude Glenn,
eliminate people
who Phil Forrest claims "spew filth," or engage in what Brian
Siano judges
to be "mean-spirited rants." It's what the technocrats would call
"enhancing
the signal-to-noise ratio" by cutting down on repetition and on
topics
particular individuals don't care about (like UCD or the NID,
whether Penn
is a 750- or 900-lb gorilla, or at which Green Line the gang will
assemble
before walking over to the University City Chamber Ensemble and
String Band
Concert at the First Crustacean Church). This will leave the
bandwidth (and
participants email in-boxes) free for topics in which they're really
interested.
So, to carry this idea even further, while avoiding some of the
nasty and
wholly-fabricated accusations of elitism, discrimination, social
injustice,
know-nothingism, etc that have been circulating, the new
sweetbarkingcheese.com list has been subdivided so people can join
just
those segments in which they're interested. There will be a
comment period
during which people (except, of course, for Glenn, who's been
banned by
Kyle) can make suggestions before the actual menu of lists is
launched.
Proposals so far -- and they're meant to be self-explanatory -- are:
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Always at your service & ready for a dialog,
Al Krigman
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