[MD] Decision

[Ian Glendinning]

Interesting Matt ... responding to Ron, you used the idea of Horse as
"benevolent dictator".

This is exactly what I meant by saying things like ... the time for
fair and balanced debate was over .... drawing a line .... an
executive decision .... since when was moderation a democracy, etc ...

A decision to be supported by the very existence of a community with a
moderator. The time for debate was the 8 years before (and no doubt
the 8 years after) such an executive decision.

I'd like to come back on the propagandizing aspect ... the meme
spreading whilst being debated (dishonestly) .... but fear I will not
have time the next day or two.

Ian

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Matt Kundert
<pirsigaffliction at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Ron,
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> Ron said:
> I respect your call to inquiry.
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> It brings up questions about the role of a community and
> the responsibilities connected with that role.
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> Also the question of maintaining and defending the
> distinctions that define that community.
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> Matt:
> Yours was a very thoughtful piece of reasoning, and the
> kind of thing I had in mind when I first wrote.   there is still precedence for an administrative
> move on Horse's part, and it has to do with, roughly,
> propagandizing.