[PLUG-TALK] MRC All this banning talk...

[Ronald Chmara]

On Feb 10, 2009, at 10:45 PM, MJang wrote:
> On Mo, 2009-02-09 at 18:53 -0800, Michael Robinson wrote:
>> Group dynamics are alive and well.
> Up to this point, I do believe that Mr. Robinson in his own way has
> provided a valuable service - to show this community the kind of  
> person
> that he is.
> Furthermore, I'm guessing that the opinions being formed here of Mr.
> Robinson will extend to those of his ilk who believe in similar
> positions.
> In other words, I believe that the more Mr. Robinson writes, the  
> closer
> we get to a better society.

We have taken another step towards the 'Xerox democracy' that the  
soviet system feared so much.

No longer is the issue "freedom of the press", as anybody with money  
to buy web access can now issue endless blogs, email screeds,  
websites, etc.... The press is now part of the plebiscite, not the  
elite who could afford presses.

It's not quite a Utopia, in the sense that "everything is wonderful",  
but it is an information paradise, in that HR directors 20 years from  
now (or historians 200 years from now)  can see somebody flaming  
somebody, can see somebody expressing strong opinions, can see depth  
and focus of a given idea or argument.

WRT: MRC: I'm grateful he has brought different thinkers together.  
This is some of the best discussion I've read in years.

I'd be against banning, if for no other reason that arguing with the  
Al-Shatan (the adversary), tends to allow people to drop their  
anonymity, expose their knowledge, their credentials, and lets me  
gain a closer understanding about who I share the list with.

-Ronabop