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I don't know what all this fuss is about. This list is wonderful
precisely because it is so active. I belong to several other academic
lists that go completely dead from time to time and |I get a real buzz
out of switching on my email in the morning and seeing 30 new messages
from bee-L. Even if some of them are boring or irrelevant, it takes very
little time to delete them. I agree with Ted about having an unpoliced
list.
Penny Munn
Lancashire/ Scotland
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* From: Ted F. Wout
* To: [log in to unmask]
* Date: 24 February 1998 21:30
*
* Allen Dick wrote:
* >Just because this is a discussion group doesn't mean nettiquette and
* good
* >sense and consideration do not apply. The right to do something does
* not
* >imply that it is wise or right, only that we can do it. Liberty
demands
* >that we exercise discretion. The owners of this list permit us to do
* >stupid things. It is up to us not to do them.
* Well said and I agree completely.
*
* >Best of Bee (only one year old) now has *500 subscribers* -- almost
* fully
* >62% of BEE-L membership and it is growing fast as a percentage of the
* >BEE-L figure. It is overtaking BEE-L. I expect it may well surpass
* BEE-L
* >within a year -- if nothing changes. Ie. unless BEE-L gets
moderation.
* Here I differ with you Allen, Bee-L has moderation it's called Best of
* Bee. Those who want it can use it. Many do. But those who want to
wade
* through the muck and the flames are also welcome to do so. Just like
we
* have the freedom and should be responsible not to abuse it we have the
* freedom to read through it all. We don't need involuntary topic
police
* to prevent us from having some excessive mail. We have an
alternative.
* Freedom of choice. I love it. It's what my father jumped ship in
* Hoboken, New Jersey for in 1956.
*
* >500 Best of Bee readers (former BEE-L members) cannot be wrong when
they
* >say 'We don't need that stuff' and signoff or nomail bee-l in favour
of
* >Best of Bee.
* They're not wrong for making the choice just as those who read it all
are
* not wrong.
*
* >Send email to [log in to unmask] saying join bestofbee
* ...if you want to cut the muck and the flames out of your email. If
you
* want to wade through it all leave it alone. We don't need big brother
* looking over our shoulder.
*
* Ted Wout
* [log in to unmask]
* Red Oak, TX, USA (about 20 miles south of Dallas)
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