From: jeffd@ficc.uu.net (jeff daiell)
Subject: Re: comp.sw.components & newsgroup voting
Date: 24 Feb 89 19:03:50 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3193@ficc.uu.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4535@hubcap.UUCP
In article <4535@hubcap.UUCP>, William Thomas Wolfe,2847, writes:
>
> The comp.sw.components Mailing List is ... 96 ... strong,
> and ... 2 have so far stated that they want to be on
> the mailing list but would not presently support a newsgroup. They
> are more than neutralized by 3 people who voted in favor of the
> newsgroup but did not want to be on the mailing list.
>
> Therefore, I think this essentially amounts to a tempest in a teapot,
Someone else has already dealt with the other issues here, so I'll just
deal with one: it *seems* (correctly me politely if I'm wrong), that
William is saying that it's okay to be unethical and presumptuous, as
long as it's on a small scale, or if only a few people are hurt
thereby. *If* that's his argument, I don't buy it. Wrong is wrong,
regardless of the extent to which it's practiced. Go back to my
example -- of States automatically recording people registered as
Democratic, Republican, or Libertarian as having voted a straight
party ticket for the party with which they're registered. Would
it matter if only a few members of each party wanted to split
their tickets, not vote, vote a straight ticket for
another party that one time, etc.? No, of course, not.
I think the proposed newsgroup *should* be created. But by
ethical means.
Para un Tejas Libre,
Jeff Daiell
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1989-02-13 3:06 comp.sw.components Bill Wolfe
1989-02-15 22:58 ` comp.sw.components Peter da Silva
1989-02-17 1:16 ` comp.sw.components William Thomas Wolfe,2847,
1989-02-18 5:17 ` comp.sw.components Paul L Schauble
1989-02-19 17:19 ` comp.sw.components & mail difficulties William Thomas Wolfe,2847,
1989-02-23 15:05 ` comp.sw.components Peter da Silva
1989-02-23 15:22 ` comp.sw.components jeff daiell
1989-02-24 2:41 ` comp.sw.components & newsgroup voting William Thomas Wolfe,2847,
1989-02-24 5:52 ` Gary Tse
1989-02-24 19:03 ` jeff daiell [this message]
1989-02-25 18:06 ` William Thomas Wolfe,2847,
1989-02-27 8:12 ` Roger B.A. Klorese
1989-02-27 18:19 ` William Thomas Wolfe,2847,
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