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In lugnet.org.us, Matthew Miller writes:
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> I didn't say "*what* is cool". I said "*who* is cool". That's a completely
> separate issue. The actual words used may be "mature enough", but it won't
> feel that way to the recipient of a rejection. It's painful enough for Shiri
> to be rejected on what seems to her to be arbitrary grounds; how much more
> painful would it be if we (or the community as a whole) handed down a "this
> person isn't fit to be one of us"?
Now, you're bringing in an even more ludicrous argument, 'we','community',
'fit'.
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> > before, just being a third party, I feel that this is VERY arrogant on • NELUG's
> > part as a whole...I think we'd all be satisfied if this were taken case by
> > case; have a member vote. Is the person mature enough to be in NELUG? And,
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> We had a member vote. It was unanimous that we would draw the line at 18.
So who put it forward ?
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> I'm glad for Shiri that so many people are willing to stick up for her, but
> I am also amazed by the number of people who have no direct connection with
> NELUG who are so willing to attack us. THAT strikes me as arrogant. If it
> were just messags of support for Shiri, that would be one thing, but the
> recent few messages (including but certainly not limited to yours) have been
> very attacking, and I'm not sure how that is supposed to help anyone.
You mean attack a ridiculous reason for exclusion.
If anyone thinks they can form an organisation with exclusion rules, they
should expect flak,comments and criticism from whoever. Don't dare tell me
or anyone else whether they can or cannot have an opinion in a public forum.
Just think one day you may have children who this rule will affect.
pete.w <aquanaut@optusnet.com.au>
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| (...) One thing which it may be getting time to do is to remove lugnet.org.us.nelug from the list since it is not as public a forum as lugnet.org.us (and note that NONE of the Lugnet groups are truly public). Frank (24 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) I didn't say "*what* is cool". I said "*who* is cool". That's a completely separate issue. The actual words used may be "mature enough", but it won't feel that way to the recipient of a rejection. It's painful enough for Shiri to be rejected (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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