stever@videovax.Tek.COM (Steven E. Rice, P.E.) (07/07/87)
In article <2778@ncoast.UUCP>, Brandon Allbery (allbery@ncoast.UUCP) responded to article <275@brandx.rutgers.edu> by Bob Webber (webber@brandx.rutgers.edu). In part, Brandon said: > . . . I have proof (email) that the majority of people prefer > having only moderated sources groups. The MAJORITY, defined as > 50%, not > something you can argue around. . . . > > If, as it seems, you are in the minority, then you have no right to screw > the rest of the net over with this bypass-the-moderator-as-I-please non- > sense. . . . If the USENET is truly an anarchy, as has been oft proclaimed, saying that someone has "no right" to do something is meaningless babble. Anarchy is the "absence of government," the "absence of order" (Webster). In such circumstances, "rights" may be respected or trampled by individual whim. It would be wise to determine just what the ideological basis of this network is, what "rights" are guaranteed, by whom the "rights" are guaranteed, and by what means transgression of these "rights" is to be punished before waxing polemical. (Perhaps there needs to be a Network Constitution. . . But where would the delegates be drawn from to be representative? And what ratification procedure should be specified? The questions could go on forever. . .) Steve Rice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- new: stever@videovax.tv.Tek.com old: {decvax | hplabs | ihnp4 | uw-beaver | cae780}!tektronix!videovax!stever