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Subject:	Re: CFV: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET, REV 1.1
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general
Date:	Tue, 24 Aug 1999 16:36:07 GMT
Reply-To:	jsproat@SPAMCAKEio.com
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Paul Gyugyi wrote: > Wow. What's the point of using a totalitarian despot's private > server if we have to pretend it is a democracy? I was inclined to think along these same lines early on, since it is mostly Todd's time (and money!) invested into LUGNET. However, the democracy model seems to work better with Todd's vision of what LUGNET should be -- a friendly, collaborative society where ideas (and to an extent opinions) about LEGO can get maximum exposure. This could arguably happen just as easily within a benevolent dictatorship, but the administrative tasks from that would give Todd even more work to do. This is just a guess, anyhow... Cheers, - jsproat -- Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> http://www.io.com/~jsproat Darth Maul Lives

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		Re: CFV: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET, REV 1.1
(...) Yea, Jeremy, that sums things up pretty well. Pure totalitarian, authoritarian, dictatorial, or despotic architectures certainly may happen to work out in the long run for communities like this, but that's not the plan here. Neither of course (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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		Re: CFV: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET, REV 1.1
Wow. What's the point of using a totalitarian despot's private server if we have to pretend it is a democracy? -gyug (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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