Some of the list participants favor unfettered anarchy for the hell of it. Or Ethics?
Other participants appear to be advocating "Robert's Rules of order" be applied.
I propose accommodation of both worldviews. In a fashion that has worked for other forums. By having one list posting out as unfiltered and another as filtered/moderated.
With archives of both incarnations kept on the site server for posterity.
Life goes on unchanged for the existing list. Whoever we "agree " on execiting the proposal as final list comment "vote" determines would then ADD a setting to list preferences menus. One allowing the not yet defined "filtered/moderated" list output as an option.
Here is the defining intent of this least restrictive alternative.
To accomodate the divergent views of our participants in a fashion fair to all.
In blunt english folks- If you want an anarchistic anything goes forum -do NOT let the Ordnuing! shrieks silence free speech. If you are a purist -demanding your Linux list be uncontaminated by non-topical posts? Step up to the plate and show your skills! create an instrumentality of code and human participation giving the purist audience such a feed. So our new horizon gives a choice between Anarchy or Whatever consensus decrees.
It's not a perfect for all elements fix- but it makes a hell of a lot more sense than anything said so far.
The listserve UberGurus amongst us might even have a trivial way to do parts of this.
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Oren Beck
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