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[joanna bujes]

At 03:14 PM 03/17/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>yes, and you're kidding about the vote. it is idiotic to have the list vote
>on it. lists cannot be democracies in that way because the members of the
>community change. you can also pull the plug on it. the vote becomes
>symbolic of all sorts of irrational things. given that people STILL think
>that it's about getting rid of archives and don't understand the
>technology, they're confused. etc. all in all, voting is a dumb idea and
>i'm not participating it in it except to rig it. why the fuck DO you think
>there are so many no votes!?

My understanding was that the vote was about name-munging and not about 
getting rid of the archives. It's quite possible people voted NO, because 
they are not concerned with security and future profiling, or they are 
concerned but are freedom of speech fundamentalists and willing to defend it.

I don't understand the combative tone though. Doug was trying to do right 
by the majority of the people on the list right now. Sure, populations 
change; the population of the US changes too, but we still have the same 
bill of rights.

Joanna