Path: utzoo!mnetor!geac!jtsv16!uunet!datapg!com50!com2serv!craig
From: craig@com2serv.C2S.MN.ORG (Craig S. Wilson)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: The lay of the land (was Re: sci.aquaria)
Summary: Perceptions Shattered
Keywords: non-fish
Message-ID: <3013@com50.C2S.MN.ORG>
Date: 14 Nov 89 13:35:50 GMT
References: <712@calmasd.Prime.COM>
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Reply-To: craig@com2serv.c2s.mn.org (Craig S. Wilson)
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In article <712@calmasd.Prime.COM> gdh@calmasd.Prime.COM (Gerald Hall) writes:
>In the absence of a supreme court to rule on this matter
>I feel it is the responsibility of the individual sysadmins
>to overrule group creations which are blatantly "unconstitutional".
>To play out the analogy, just because a law is passed does not
>make it legal.  [...deleted...]
>Jerry

What this points out is that the Usenet is really akin to a feudal
landscape dotted with cities and keeps run by the systems
administrators.  No democracy. No anarchy.  Some of these baronial sys
admins will let their citizens (users) have a say in the operation of
their computers, while others rule with an Iron Keyboard.  Some rule their
territories in constant fear of the wrath of their gods (machine
owners), while others have actually attained godhood.

Put into this light, I don't understand why the "democracy deception"
should continue to be perpetrated.  It just does a disservice to those
poor souls who believe democracy exists.

It is time to lay down the law.

/craig

P.S. BTW, a 1/2 ;^) to all of the above.

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