[PLUG] AeA Awards Rep. Minnis

Russell Evans russell-evans at qwest.net
Sun Jan 11 21:20:03 UTC 2004


On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 13:28:12 -0800 (PST)
"Brian Hazlehurst" <brian at dcog.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Sun, 11 Jan 2004, list-groups wrote:
> 
> > Chris Jantzen wrote:
> >
> > >Isn't this thread more appropriate to plug-talk? Or perhaps we need
> > >a plug-politics?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > Is there a difference? Lurk long enough and you'll find that
> > plug-talk is essentially unused. Creating plug-politics would
> > probably be just as quiet as plug-talk since the majority want to
> > discuss relevant technical issues instead of sifting through bias
> > opinion and speculation about what the Government is doing. The fact
> > that this is where most of the groups activity is explains why
> > conversations about politics end up on this technical forum, it's
> > simply the size of the audience. You see, it makes no sense to climb
> > up onto a soap-box to rant in a place where nobody will be there to
> > listen.
> >
> > Just my observation, no offense intended.
> >
> >
> 
> of course, another interpretation is that the politics are not cleanly
> separable from the rest, when it comes to open source (heck, even the
> name is political since it explicitly draws a contrast with the
> alternatives...)

I think there is a clear separation between the political posts that
were about the facts of the bill, (where to read it, who was
voting for and against), and these postings;"I think I have just
read an argument from an old-fashioned Republican.""Or someone who does
not understand how the process actually works.""Conservatives figure out
ways to get that money back through ill-gotten contracts, Liberals tend
to put it towards something everybody can use."

One type is useful for being informed no matter what side of the issue
you are on, the other is pretty much posting fertilizer that generates
more posting fertilizer.

Thank you
Russell
 







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