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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f753e,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gidf753e,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,d4b3d171336fca98 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 14e27f,d4b3d171336fca98 X-Google-Attributes: gid14e27f,public From: Ell Subject: Re: RFD: comp.object.moderated moderated Date: 1998/10/13 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 400753137 References: <907918039.22235@isc.org> <36237050.278941@news.erols.com> X-Complaints-To: abuse@digex.net X-Trace: newsreader.digex.net 908313756 205.197.245.193 (Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:22:36 EDT) Organization: The Universe User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-980226 (UNIX) (SunOS/4.1.4 (sun4m)) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:22:36 EDT 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: In comp.object Michi Henning wrote: : On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Ell wrote: :> I make these comments to point out the fallacies, unjustness and :> anti-democratic nature of the motivation behind moderation. After :> reading this RFD, I'm even more convinced that the motivation for :> moderation is to place discussion control in the hands of a small :> group and to deflect criticism away from them. There is every reason :> still to: VOTE NO! : Hmmm... The RFD sounded like the stock-standard set of rules used by : many moderated groups. I'd like to know for sure, but that doesn't really make it any better. This RFD's judgement rules are subjective and moderation tenure and future selection are downright dictatorship. 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.