Re: PROPOSAL: Vote on FAQ Revision

From: graeme@discreet.co.uk (Graeme Griffiths)

Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000

In <19970721221201.SAA03731@ladder02.news.aol.com> kmgraphiks@aol.com (KMGraphiks) writes:

>I for one have no desire to go through  the whole discussion again in a
>CFD thread. All the points have been made in the various threads on the
>subject. If a person didn't care enough to read and respond to them there
>then they probably won't in the CFD thread. Plus, I'm sure lots of folks
>are like me and don't feel like getting into it again. The point has been
>made that a majority of posters want to allow occasional ads so the hobby
>can prosper. Tradition be Darned!

I can understand that desire but most of the above is simply your opinion.
The fact that you hold it does not make it the truth. "The majority of
posters want.... " this sounds like all us "traditionalists" are simply
bleating "no ads, no ads". Analysis of the facts however.....

The "majority" were quite obviously new to Usenet (this isn't a criticism)
because they didn't know not to post votes (the reasons why this is wrong
were well documented by another post). Naturally the majority of these were
of the opinion that ads are O.K. Have a real discussion in the correct forum
and I think you'll get a different spread (although I'm happy to be proved
wrong).

The other threads got very nasty. A lot of sensible people (and I wonder why
I wasn't one of them) will simply have ignored the rest of the threads
(quite rightly) as a flame-war.

I would like to suggest the word "occasional" be replaced in future with
"periodic" as its more accurate. Something that is regularly posted not
something that is posted now and again.

Tradition _be_ darned. I don't advocate keeping anything because "thats the
way its done" simply that we consider all the ramifications before opening
the group to unscrupulous people.

--
Graeme Griffiths - Discreet Logic (Newbury, UK)
Disclaimer: I do not speak for anyone but myself and I do that badly.
Mail: graeme@discreet.co.uk
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References

Re: PROPOSAL: Vote on FAQ Revision
graeme@discreet.co.uk (Graeme Griffiths)
Mon, 21 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PROPOSAL: Vote on FAQ Revision
kmgraphiks@aol.com (KMGraphiks)
Mon, 21 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: PROPOSAL: Vote on FAQ Revision
graeme@discreet.co.uk (Graeme Griffiths)
Mon, 21 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PROPOSAL: Vote on FAQ Revision
kmgraphiks@aol.com (KMGraphiks)
Mon, 21 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000