Aucbarpa.586
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Tue Dec 29 00:49:29 1981
Re: USENET Policies
People seem to be afraid of giving up their rights to this proposed
commitee. For one thing, the "power" of this commitee is just an
illusion. Anybody can submit nasty articles to nasty newsgroups.
The commitee would just make more clear-cut decisions on issues.
It looks to me a little like a legislative vs. executive branch type
of issue. One of the major reasons for a president is to define
policies explicitly. It is difficult for Congress to make a decisions
rapidly and decisively because of the vast array of opinions. We're
running into the same problem right here. This discussion is getting
kind of dreary. The same thing has occured with the net.{cycle,mc,motorcycle}
and net.columbia debates. This kind of thing is just what we need
a commitee for. For instance, take the net.cycle debate. The advantage
of the commitee would be that a name would be set quickly and articles
wouldn't be posted to a dizzying array of newsgroups. "But what if
they choose a name I don't like?" you ask. Theoretically, the commitee
consists of wise net-types who won't choose something like net.foobar
for a newsgroup about motorcycles. Maybe they choose net.mc and you
don't like it, but it's no big thing and you abide by it because the
benefits outweight the losses.
You know, this commitee discussion is getting a little stale. I wish
we had a commitee to solve this.
Matt
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