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From: muller@bunter.dg.com (Woody Muller)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Scrap the current NG creation procedure, invent a new one
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Date: 5 Apr 89 14:03:13 GMT
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In article <3658@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <3130@alembic.UUCP>, csu@alembic.UUCP (Dave Mack) writes:
>
>> "disenfranchise[disfranchise], v.t., 1. to deprive of the rights of
>> citizenship, as of the right to vote or hold office. 2. to deprive of
>> a privilege, right, or power." -- Webster's New World Dictionary, Coll. Ed.
> [...]
>What universal franchise do the readers and contributors of the net have
>that would be violated by restricting voting privileges to site admins?
>
How did the word 'universal' creep in here?  The privilege we are talking
about is a net.citizen's power to cast a meaningful vote.  Restricting
voting privileges to site admins would seem to take away that privelege
from the net.citizen.  Hence the word 'disenfranchise,' which is 
what will happen to lots of net.citizens if this happens.  Do not expect
us to remain quiet while you attempt to disenfranchise us!


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