From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,d4b3d171336fca98 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 14e27f,d4b3d171336fca98 X-Google-Attributes: gid14e27f,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: f753e,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gidf753e,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public From: James Robertson Subject: Re: RFD: comp.object.moderated moderated Date: 1998/10/13 Message-ID: <3623A632.D337F5B4@objectshare.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 400720063 References: <907918039.22235@isc.org> <36237050.278941@news.erols.com> <3623921A.CD61B9E4@objectshare.com> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------652D31DD6F7FAA5387830712" Organization: Objectshare, Inc. Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.ada,comp.object.corba,comp.software-eng,news.groups.news.announce.newsgroups Date: 1998-10-13T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------652D31DD6F7FAA5387830712 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ell wrote: > James Robertson wrote: > > >Ell wrote: > >> > Did you read really the heinous rules for the group. Did you fail to see > the way that moderators can operate in way such that subjective desires > and wishes can predominate? They can do this by allowing "short" (what's > short?) one-upsmanship posts! They can also do it by posting personal > remarks in posts. Did you fail to see that there is no provision for > electing new moderators?! Not to mention that moderators are elected for > life! So what ? If they end up doing a poor job, no one will post and the group will die - all the traffic would saty in the unmoderated forum. If they do a good job, then intelligent discussion will tend to migrate towards the moderated forum. No one is holding a gun to anyone's head - we can all read whatever we like, and post to any group we want. The addition of a group (moderated or not) choices. > > > Why should they use Usenet to advance one view? Why should they be > allowed to wrap themselves in the flag of comp. to shield themselves from > criticism? > > Elliott > -- > :=***=: VOTE NO TO MODERATION! ALL IDEAS SHOULD BE CRITICIZABLE! :=***=: > MODERATORS SHOULD NOT HAVE LIFETIME TERMS! > :=***=: Objective * Pre-code Modelling * Holistic :=***=: > Hallmarks of the best SW Engineering > Check out SW Modeller vs SW Craftite Central : www.access.digex.net/~ell > Copyright 1998 Elliott. exclusive of others' writing. may be copied > without permission only in the comp.* usenet and bitnet groups. -- Talk Small and Carry a Big Class Library --------------652D31DD6F7FAA5387830712 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for James Robertson Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" begin: vcard fn: James Robertson n: Robertson;James org: ObjectShare, Inc. adr: 10440 Little Patuxent Parkway;;Suite 900;Columbia;MD;21045;USA email;internet: jamesr@objectshare.com title: Senior Sales Engineer tel;work: 410 884-4042 tel;fax: 410 884-4016 tel;home: 410 730-6579 x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version: 2.1 end: vcard --------------652D31DD6F7FAA5387830712--