justin@inmet.UUCP (06/16/88)
Re: the comp.women disaster What is a poor user to do? Here, we are faced with a couple of members of the backbone pushing through a (deliberate or otherwise) power-play. The net is an *anarchy*, right? The only reason it works is because most everyone plays by the rules, right? Now, we have members of the backbone, the crew that is supposed to be setting the tone for the net, breaking their own rules, and trying to impose their will on the net as a whole. You know what's scariest? Bob Webber has been saying that this would happen, for two months now. I'd taken his predictions with a grain of salt (ok, a boulder of salt), but he was absolutely right about what would happen. So what can I do? Well, I'm going to write to Trish, and have her change my vote to a "YES". I voted against this group, but, blast it, it was voted in fair and square! It is appalling that it hasn't been created. Apparently, one of the excuses given for the group not being created was that there were so many "NO" votes. Fine; strike mine from the rolls. Yes, it's breaking the rules, but it's in protest of the fact that the rules have *already* been broken. I encourage any and all to follow suit. If you voted "NO" on this issue, but still believe in the rules that hold the net together, change your vote today. Maybe if the backbone is presented with a suddenly-overwhelming majority, they'll realize how asinine they're being. (By the way, the insults implied above are levelled *only* at the backbone members who are blocking the group. To the silent majority: *please* speak up, and help Spaf out. He seems to be fighting a pretty lonely war to get the guidelines followed.) -- Justin du Coeur justin@inmet.inmet.com