Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 11:00:49 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: On the need for moderated questions lists Message-ID: <20090529170049.GB46917@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905291513250.11151@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <87prdsr5ep.fsf_-_@kobe.laptop> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905290924030.5233@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <87r5y8cprs.fsf@kobe.laptop> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905290954350.5488@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <87bppci91h.fsf@kobe.laptop> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905291251260.10254@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <87my8w6shm.fsf@kobe.laptop> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905291350150.10810@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <87octcuklu.fsf@kobe.laptop> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905291513250.11151@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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--dc+cDN39EJAMEtIO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 03:14:20PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > > >Not necessarily. > > > >There were 'rules' in Nazi Germany too, and there usually exist at least > >some 'rules' in oppressive regimes, but they do not necessarily, by > >virtue of their mere existence, lead to satisfying results. >=20 > The difference is that you have choice here, people living in Nazi German= y=20 > (and Poland) that times didn't. Let's de-Godwinize this, and just use the generic "dictatorship" idea to stand in for "Nazi Germany". In fact, let's go a step further and assume a benign dictatorship -- even benevolent, from some perspectives -- since I'm sure we're assuming a strictly moderated list would be intended to help rather than merely control. So . . . you have the same choice in a dictatorship that you have in a benign dictatorship: leave. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Mediocrity corrupts. Bureaucracy corrupts absolutely. --dc+cDN39EJAMEtIO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkogFMEACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKUbcwCcDJLmy1HwlDdQgSpjoGw2JkqX qboAnR90Bk8EN9BJJYZqgY9A89XooB/X =ZKSp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dc+cDN39EJAMEtIO--
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