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Thoughts from the mind of Jeremy Martin, 24-10-2002:

>--- In logic-ot@y..., Hendrik Jan Veenstra <h@k...> wrote:
>>  Thoughts from the mind of Jeremy Martin, 23-10-2002:
>>
>>  >Regardless of the outcome of the last poll, the current one to
>>  >decide the list policy is much broader in scope.
>>
>>  I think you missed the point of mercutio's post.  The fact that the
>>  last poll only attracted so very few voters and the fact that only
>>  3 people unsubscribed (for undetermined reasons) indicates that
>>  most L-OT'ers don't give a rat's *ss about political threads or
>>  not -- otherwise they would have voted.
>
>Or they could all be receiving "no email", and might not even be
>looking at the list *at all* anymore. Maybe we do only have 25 active
>list members? If we ever purged our subscribers and had everyone
>still active re-subscribe I'm sure our numbers in all groups would be
>substantially less.

If that's true -- i.e. 25 active members -- then the vehement 
opposition to moderation over the last days seems to indicate these 
25 (or at least a large part of them) want the list to remain 
unmoderated.
I think however that the above is some kind of sophistry: the fact 
that there are not 9000 active posters in the LUG surely doesn't mean 
that only some 100 people actually *read* the LUG?  The same applies 
here...

>  > What if this new poll gets 30 votes: 17 in favour of pure music-
>  > stuff and 13 in favour of a free-for-all forum?  Will that mean
>>  that the L-OT will be moderated from then on?  Because 17 out of
>  > 600 people want it?
>
>Good point, but by that same logic: should we leave the list 100%
>uncensored with an ambiguous list policy and let people talk about
>whatever they want, because 7 people want it?

Yes.  If 17 are pro-moderation and 13 are contra, and the other 570 
apparently don't care, then I don't see how you'll ever have a strong 
point in favour of moderation.  Apparently the status quo (= no 
moderation) is fine for the large majority out there -- otherwise 
they would have voted.

-- 
Hendrik Jan Veenstra  <h@...>
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