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From: jho@ihuxn.UUCP (Yosi Hoshen)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Re: Request for net.music.classical news group
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Date: Sat, 5-May-84 03:14:11 EDT
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Rich Rosen says:
>The "issue" was decided by unilateral action on the part of a proponent, which
>is not part of a democratic process as I understand it (no flames about
>"usenet is an anarchy", it's actually a "malarchy"--controlled by bad people:-)

When Rich says a proponent, I assume he refers to me, as I have initiated
this round of request for net.music.classical.  My request was supported
by many others. It is possible that the majority of net.music subscribers
were opposed to the net.music.classical idea, and the proponents of 
the new group are a minority. However, in matters of personal preference 
(which our request is such a case) the majority does not have a right to
impose their preference on the minority.  An example may clarify this issue.
Let us assume a majority worships god Y, and a minority worships god X.
Does the majority have the right to impose a law requiring everyone
to pray to god Y, including those who worship god X?  The issue is
not how many are for and how many are against the formation of the new
group.  The formation of a new group should be determined by the
number of its proponents.  Those who oppose the group have  the choice
not to subscribe to it.
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Yosi Hoshen
Bell Laboratories
Naperville, Illinois
(312)-979-7321
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