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From: gl8f@astsun7.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
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Subject: Re: Anarchy
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Date: 21 Nov 90 04:02:00 GMT
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In article <173ws5w163w@cynic.wimsey.bc.ca> curt@cynic.wimsey.bc.ca (Curt Sampson) writes:

>I don't see any "newgroup creation 'rights'" belonging to the
>moderator of news.announce.newgroups, either.

Well, the moderator of news.announce.newgroups himself claimed that a
group couldn't possibly follow the guidelines unless the call for
discussion and votes appear legimately in news.announce.newgroups,
which can only happen if he decides to post them. This is only a
problem in that people give Eliot such power. If you read the postings
in news.groups, you'll see quite a few admins who don't bother to
think for themselves. And that gives Eliot quite a bit of power.

>So what control do these "central authorities" actually exert?  To my
>eyes, they have no more than the rest of the net chooses to give them.

Precisely. But when most of the net is filled with sheep, that's quite
a lot of power.

Baaah. Baaah.