In short, can we knock off this "Trials and Charges" thread ----- Please.
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From: Bayard G. Bell [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 4:26 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Call for self-Moderation
Does this list need moderation?
It seems that most of the traffic lately has been labored sophistry
on
metaphors, analogies, and other rhetorical figures. Not that such
rhetoric is opposed to technology, but it seems to have little to do
with the announced topic of this list: "firewalls" and seems to be
distracting from that topic considerably.
Additionally, I have noted an increasing amount of traffic dedicated
to
subjects such as IDS, which have their own lists through
organizations
such as ISS. Given that it has already been pointed out that
separate
lists exist for subjects such as "cyber-law" and that the discussion
of
off-topic subjects seems remarkably consistent in its lack of
insight,
it seems that this list may benefit from some relocation of topics
to
dedicated and specific forums. The alternative is filling up it
with
polemical posts that are likely to turn off those who are subscribed
to
this list for information about its announced subject.
To put it another way, it seems that there are a number of areas
that
are not properly firewall technology which may also be of interest
to
those who administer firewalls. While competence in these areas
might
be important to firewall administrators and thus appropriate for
discussion on this list, it seems that the current mode of
discussion
smacks of dilettantism and that those who need to develop competence
in
these areas would benefit from a nuanced consideration that is
better
attuned to the specific issues at hand, in areas such as law which
the
members of this list seem to be burying in conjecture and anecdotes.
From one subscriber to the rest, I ask that we do a better job of
self-moderation to keep this list viable. << File: Card for Bayard
G. Bell >>
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