"Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote in message
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> "Paul G. Brown" <paul_geoffrey_brown_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > Look, if folk want to create a moderated forum to discuss database
theory
> > no one is going to stand in their way. I'm just saying that moderation
(in
> > the e-list context) brings its own problems; you lose your more
colorful
> > characters, and legitimate challenges to orthodoxy can be
marginalized.
>
> To my way of thinking, "colorful" is no asset, if it's just a code-word
for "rude."
>
> And I certainly haven't seen any evidence of legitimate challenges to
> orthodoxy being anything *other than* marginalized, here in this
> unmoderated group.
And I certainly haven't seen any evidence of legitimate challenges to
orthodoxy. The illegitimate challenges deserve marginalization.
Received on Mon Jan 19 2004 - 22:10:50 CST
