From fork-admin@xent.com Fri Sep 20 11:32:40 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.spamassassin.taint.org Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3CF716F03 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2002 11:32:39 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Fri, 20 Sep 2002 11:32:39 +0100 (IST) Received: from xent.com ([64.161.22.236]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g8JJhrC01513 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 20:43:56 +0100 Received: from lair.xent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C089629416F; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 12:40:06 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: fork@spamassassin.taint.org Received: from localhost.localdomain (pm0-17.sba1.netlojix.net [207.71.218.17]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21AD529416D for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 12:39:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dave@localhost) by maltesecat (8.8.7/8.8.7a) id MAA18640; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 12:51:00 -0700 Message-Id: <200209191951.MAA18640@maltesecat> To: fork@spamassassin.taint.org Subject: Re: [meta-forkage] In-Reply-To: Message from fork-request@xent.com of "Thu, 19 Sep 2002 09:45:02 PDT." <20020919164502.31514.11488.Mailman@lair.xent.com> From: Dave Long Sender: fork-admin@xent.com Errors-To: fork-admin@xent.com X-Beenthere: fork@spamassassin.taint.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Friends of Rohit Khare List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 12:50:46 -0700 > For my part, I'd rather people didn't use FoRK as a place in which to dump an > expression of their political beliefs. I'll second that, although with emphasis upon /dump/, rather than on /political/. I don't mind if people advocate nuking gay baby whales for jesus, if they can make a good, original, argument for it. I do mind if someone should attempt to further the notion that 1+1=2, merely by cut-and-pasting a few pages of W&R. "New bits" are not a temporal property; we create them when we add context or clarification to the old bits of others' thoughts. -Dave :::::::::::: > ... being rude and disrespectful is not the way to influence > politicians, but the standard way of using lobbyists and > writing checks is beyond many of us. The standard way has some extreme precedents: > Q: When was the Roman empire sold, and who bought it? > > A: On March 28th, 193 AD, the Roman empire was auctioned off by the > Praetorian guards to the wealthy senator Didius Julianus for the price > of 6250 drachms per soldier. (as found in , quoting Gibbon) Now, an economist might argue that selling offices is the most efficient way to fill them (what would Coase say?), but wouldn't that convince everyone (but the supporters of plutocracy) that efficiency is not the primary virtue of politics?