[PLUG] PLUG vs. PLUG

Jeme A Brelin jeme at brelin.net
Mon Jan 19 14:37:18 UTC 2004


On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Cliff Wells wrote:
> Brian Beattie wrote:
> >I have seen nothing I would consider slander, a difference of opinion
> >maybe.
> >
> "a totalitarian regime"

This isn't slander.  It's an accurate description of the organization.

It is true that the organization has a few keyholders who make binding
decisions for the organization and must be swayed in order to make
anything happen under that organization's banner.  Their control is total.

If you don't LIKE those words and you think that's a BAD THING, that's a
different story.

It ain't slander if it's true.

> But it's funny, because PLUG is rarely, if ever, discussed on PDXLUG
> (unless this argument happens to somehow spill over from this group).

Anybody that disagrees with the keyholders has been silenced.  Of course
there's no discussion.

> If the intent was to "take over" or "usurp" PLUG's apparently desirable
> position (/me muffles laughter) you would think that the discussions
> there would focus on that.

Absolutely not.  Talking about such a thing openly would make the ploy
obvious and defeat the purpose entirely.

But I don't think anybody's claiming that wsa ever the intent.  The intent
is to disrupt, not usurp.

Anyway, from where I'm sitting, PDXLUG appears to be the vanity project of
a few people who think things are best run from the top down.  Anarchism
is anathema to people like that and so anything that makes it harder for
the community to function without authoritarian controls is good for them.
Bringing this down to a legal argument where the state must intervene is
supportive of the authoritarian philosophy and furthers their cause even
if the final decision of the state is rendered in favor of the open
community.

J.
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