GRGR(4->5) And None To Soon

Paul Mackin pmackin at clark.net
Fri Jun 25 08:26:13 CDT 1999


I agree with everything s~Z says here. However I also believe in choice.
We will (if Murthy and Oliver have no objection and someone will
volunteer to do the monitoring) have two subdivisions of the p-list, one
monitored and the other not. You can subscribe to either according to your
preference. Or both, if you don't want to miss anything.

			P.

On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, s~Z wrote:

> Well....ahem....almost time to move on....may (5) be as much fun as
> (4).....moderated list.....I vote no.....for what purpose?.....to
> eradicate the shit and the shadow and the tomfoolery and the immaturity
> and the annoyances by artificial means.....then we can pretend we're not
> players in it and that we are above it.....what horse shit.....assign
> one person to clean things up?.....take the power from the group process
> and put it in the hands of one cop.....pah-lease.....no thanks.....if
> the open forum can't take care of itself and if the individual posters
> can't be responsible for the way they interact here then fuck the
> list.....this whole scene this week has been fascinating to me.....there
> are more creative ways of dealing with it if you think something's
> wrong.....we don't need a daddy to come in here and take care of
> us.....it's all part of the wholeness of humanity.....if you do decide
> to have a moderator, I volunteer to be that moderator......I'll change
> my name to Maxwell's~Z Demon.....for now I'm out of here until next
> Thursday.....off to the annual wilderness experience with the man that
> introduced me to TRP.....in the meanwhile, take us into the weekend
> youth chorus leader:
> 
> We are one in the bond of paranoia
> We are one in the bond of entropy
> We have joined our spirits with the spirit of Tom
> We are one in the bond of love.
> 



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