[Campaigns-l] Enemies of democracy

[Deane Jessep]

Chad I just don't think they get it... I will state this once and once only:

Some of us are very busy people, we also care about democracy, so we
subscribe to this mailing list to keep up with and assist the technical
development of a very powerful tool to support democracy.

Those of us with a little additional time will also visit the Wikia and
contribute to discussion and larger political issues.  However we who are
busy want to differentiate our involvements to keep our time in the various
boxes it belongs.  When you bring any kind of non technical policy debate
into a place for technical discussion all you do is bombard the very people
who are building the project with rhetoric that is likely to drive them
away, this will only result in the slowing down of the project, not the
speeding up that it requires.  

I don't care if you want to rant a quote, an essay, or a personal insult
about someone's educational level, hell I don't care if you do it all at
once... just don't do it where people like me will want to unsubscribe and
forget entirely about the project, do it at the place we are all building.
And later we may even join you.

Chad I would instigate a one warning then ban policy for this mailing
list... they will after all still be able to contribute to the site, and
after all that is what they clearly want.

Deane
http://blog.deane.jessep.co.nz

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Sent: Thursday, 9 November 2006 3:37 p.m.
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Subject: Re: [Campaigns-l] Enemies of democracy


> I don't think that was the issue.  Let me put it this way.  This 
> mailing list is a staff meeting of a university.  Potential lectures 
> can be discussed in context during a staff meeting, but it's not the 
> right place to give the lecture itself.  That's what the classroom is 
> for.

Excuses to ignore a response to an argument. If you start the question here,
it gets discussed. The relevance of anti-democratic feelings to the
democratic mission is surely relevant.

And that wasn't an essay; it was a quotation, as the citation at the bottom
made clear. I'm sorry your education didn't include that classic work. (your
teachers need to be spanked)

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