From: Jake Sapiens (every1hz@earthlink.net)
Date: Fri Aug 22 2003 - 08:56:48 MDT
Bill Roh has made some plea for moderation on politics. I however
think that we have less of a problem in that department than he suspects or
fears. I have witnessed several occasions when Bill has made political
points generally contrary to the clear majority political opinion in the
Church of the Virus, and whether or not I disagreed with him I did not feel nor
react negatively towards him over it. I guess he just has a better
capacity to communicate his opinion without causing such turmoil.
I do like to see a variety of political opinions, and the Church of the
Virus is big enough to handle dissenting points of view. So far Bill Roh,
and Jonathan Davis have both represented their recent war positions
fine without causing any of the problems that Joe did. It
was Joe's behavior and not his political position that made discussing
politics unbearable to the point that David had to ban political
discussions from the public portions of the CoV.
I would like to see Church of the Virus to once again become a place where
we can handle political discussions without tearing down the temple. We
have another major political season afoot in the United States in the next year,
2004. One of the best ways that we can begin to have some real
memetic/political influence is to figure out how we can do this in a more
civilized manner. Perhaps we need to get some rules in place to avoid
massive flooding, and obvious personal attacks. The recent actions taken
by David have gone some way towards this, but we need some rules in this
game.
I'm personally adopting the eight post rule. If anyone sees me
posting more than eight times in a twenty-four hour period to the BBS/Email
list, please feel free to point this out either publicly or privately to
me, whichever you find appropriate. I know that I have on a
few occasions in the past posted more than eight times in a day, but I
think I can abide by an eight post limit. Indeed I think it will probably
get me to be a bit more careful how I express myself if I look at these
communications between us as a limited resource.
I am also asking other Virians to consider a posting limit. Any limit
would be good (eight seems to be a popular one on the current poll on
flooding). A limit would help remind everyone that public
communications of this sort are not an unlimited unilateral right, but rather a
shared and limited commodity of the community commons. By not having
a stated limit we effectively lay out the welcome mat for the spammers and
flooders of the world who view other's mailboxes and public forums as their
unlimited resource.
If you have voted against a posting limit on the CoV polling booth, I would
ask that you would reconsider for the above stated reasons. If you still
disagree with me, I would appreciate having an open discussion about
it.
Sincerely,
-Jake
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