> I hope people who do not agree with these changes will simply leave the > list. Go find or start another one. Email discussion groups are not a > limited resource. > Allen, What happen if they don't? will you invite them to leave, as you've just done with Eric and Tamas? What I mean is that I'm not willing to leave this list, nor am I to agree with your decision. What surprises me is how much the logorrheic delirium of Mr. Death have brought us so close to what he was denouncing: dictatorial behavior and censorship. I don't say you've been dictatorial in doing what you did, and you may have done it for good reasons, that you explained very precisely in some following posts, I just want to point out that having get us rid of Mr. Death, seems to have suddenly freed everyone so much that we're all ready to expell anyone that sounds different. I agree with Owen, that we should (or at least you should, as I'm not amongst the owners, so, in fact, I can't do anything about that) be more carefull with resigning people. The fact that Eric and Tamas can be rough or aggressive or cynical on the list, the fact that Ken chose to leave the list after his long flame with Eric, has nothing to do with what happened during Mr. Death sabotage attempt: Mr.Death had nothing to say apart of the little rhetoric tricks he repeated ad libitum, which have never been the case of Eric and Tamas. We may all feel better, in this purificated air -which is much different than pure air-but I'm sure we all know that purification, has nothing to do with freedom, democracy and creativity, and much to do with totalitarism, ploutocracy and academism. We should all step back a bit, instead of congratulating each other with the wonderful weather we have now on this list while beating our breasts to afraid the potential enemys. First firing Mr. Death Then Eric and Tamas Then preventing any new subscriber to come what will be the next step?
Best, Bertrand
