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From: webber@brandx.rutgers.edu (Webber)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Forgeries: a suggestion for bringing them under control
Message-ID: <778@brandx.rutgers.edu>
Date: 29 Jan 88 02:14:04 GMT
References: <1861@epimass.EPI.COM> <14276@oddjob.UChicago.EDU> <1129@hao.ucar.edu>
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In article <1129@hao.ucar.edu>, woods@hao.ucar.edu (Greg Woods) writes:
> Unfortunately the term "boss the users" carries implications of a motivation
> based on craving for power that may not, in fact, be present. ...

You are right, it is unfortunate that the ``craving for power'' aspect
of this comes out so.  Actually, it is laziness that is at the root.
If action X breaks the software, rather than fixing the software it is
alot easier to announce that all users are forbidden to do action X.
Of course, once the power to forbid such actions develops, Lord Acton
comes along with corruption and you have people doing all kinds of
bizzare things.

------ BOB (webber@athos.rutgers.edu ; rutgers!athos.rutgers.edu!webber)