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From: rissa@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Patricia O Tuama)
Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: REC.ARTS.CINEMA -- observations and revisions
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Date: 23 Jan 90 12:42:13 GMT
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In article <3496@cbnewsj.ATT.COM> ecl@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (Evelyn C. Leeper) writes:
>In article <1392@key.COM> jsp@penguin.key.COM (James Preston) writes:
>> job of a moderator is _not to be an editor_.  Not in any way, shape or
>> form.  The job of a moderator is _only_ to ensure that the _content_
>> is appropriate to the group.  Period.
>No, the *first* job of the moderator is to tell you what s/he perceives the
>job to be.

But isn't that precisely what James is worried about, Evelyn?  
Manavendra has made it quite clear that he considers his "job" 
to be that of a professional editor.  And I think you'll find 
that for even those netters who don't oppose moderation simply 
on general principles, the term "moderator" does not translate 
to "editor." 

This newsgroup is a fine idea but there simply isn't any reason
to moderate it.