[Am-info] QUESTION - Should this list go away?

[Gene Gaines]

Wow.  I'm rather blown away by the excellent level of the
responses I have received both via AM-INFO and privately to me.

OK.  We're in agreement not to shut down the list.

Let me think what to do for a day.  And I have another thought.
Perhaps I should be separating Ralph Nader as a candidate and
the numerous excellent causes his groups support on the
Internet.  Tentatively, I think I am going to attempt to sit
down with Mr. Nader and get his thoughts on this issue.

And ... let's turn the politics switch to OFF and get back to
the Appraising Microsoft that this elist was set up to discuss.

Thanks again, everyone.

Gene
gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com

On Wednesday, June 23, 2004, 1:35:55 PM, felmon wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Hans Reiser wrote:

>> I think that turning off the list is reasonable but not for the reasons
>> you supply.
>>
>> Nader is the only one who would end support for Israel, and that is the
>> only way out of the Middle East problem for the US.  So long as we are
>> supporting the ethnic cleansing of palestine, we will continue to have
>> to expend hundreds of billions a year on security that inconveniences
>> our lives.
>>
>> I will not vote for him, because I want Bush out, and because I think
>> the wealthy should not pay confiscatory tax rates, but I respect him.
>>
>> I do wish that Nader would withdraw at the last minute so that Bush
>> would lose.

> I have my political sympathies too but I think this discussion is
> going off course.

> as I see it, the issue is that the moderator no longer wants to
> moderate the list under the present arrangement. so the question is
> not whether Nader is good or bad, Bush is saint or villain, etc., - to
> be sure, the arguments are interesting and hair-pulling.

> the question is: do we keep the list?

> if we keep it, we can do it with, or without, Gene's generous offer to
> find another host and continue moderating it.

> I vote that we seek to keep the list. and I would warmly encourage
> Gene to seek another host and continue moderation.

> my reason: I much prefer having Gene on the list than staying with
> this host. the host doesn't mean anything to me beyond being a vehicle
> for discussion.

> if there are compelling reasons to stay with this host, I would regret
> bidding adieu to Gene, and then we need to find another moderator.

> I am not sure what is involved, Gene spoke of removing spam. anything
> else necessary?

> I find Fred's stuff on Linux a lot more germane to the list than the
> debates on the glories/inglories of Bush, except in so far as they
> relate to the 'industry'.

> Felmon



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