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> >It´s a shame to loose very valuable people because the weird admin.
> >politics here.
> 
> It's an even bigger shame not to be able to handle the heat in the
> kitchen. The admins do an admirable and largely thankless job. This
> is a great list and I like the focus, and I consider that focus to be
> a result of the admin's thoughtful action. I am grateful.
> 

Every list administration seems to become autocratic at some point. Its 
strange how it always seems to happen that way. It must be some set of normal human 
thought processes which progress from "hey let me volunteer my time to help" 
... to "you're rejected, you're blocked, you're banned, ...". Maybe its kind 
of a school marm instinct, and power goes to the head. I have seen other lists 
which are much worse, where the admin bans people the first time anything is 
said they don't like, and other lists where the admin publicly chastises 
people. So the LUG moderators are above that - and generally do a good and 
reasonable job. But they have their attitudes and prejudices too. And I think several 
of them were great guys when they were "just subscribers" but then seemed to 
get a bit of a fascist streak when absolute power came into their hands. I think 
its a shame, because these moderators don't "own" Logic or the users. 


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