Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: Another forgery Message-ID: <7184@ficc.uu.net> Date: 1 Dec 89 18:13:20 GMT References: <8023@ficc.uu.net> <4V.ZZG@splut.conmicro.com> <49360@ccicpg.UUCP> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 39 Another entry in my kill file. Please, folks. If you're discussing the aquaria situation put "aquaria" in the title. If you're not, don't. To make this vote as above-board as possible I'm refraining from any campaigning, electioneering, and other vaguely unethical behaviour we know so well from the last vote. To make this easier on me I'm killing all discussion of it. I realise that this is slightly lazy, but kill files are easier than the N key. My proposal is clear and open with no hidden agenda. It's as balanced as I could make it -- if anything it's slanted towards sci.aquaria because the rec.aquaria vote is split. Jay Maynard responded to a forged posting, ostensibly from me, with a flame. Dave Hill flamed back: > Your vote is illegitimate and in extremely poor taste,... Jay's vote? He's not running a vote. I am. > Except the story seems to be 'you have to play by the rules > but WE don't because WE KNOW BETTER'. What is the purpose of a vote? To establish that a proposal is solid and has the broad support of the net. Richard's vote was so flawed that it failed in this purpose, and the resulting group is crippled. I'm trying to remedy that. I can understand your frustration over the poor distribution of the aquaria group as it currently exists. Please don't take your frustrations out on innocent bystanders. Jay isn't on the backbone. I'm not on the backbone. Sugar.hackercorp.com carries and forwards all groups, including sci.aquaria. We're not blocking you. If the backbone doesn't believe that Richard's vote was fair and above-board, then work on that. That's what I'm doing. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva . 'U` -------------- +1 713 274 5180. "The basic notion underlying USENET is the flame." -- Chuq Von Rospach, chuq@Apple.COM Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com