[consulting] Suggestion for Dries and Moderators: New Politics List

[Sami Khan]

On Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:38:39 -0500, Ben West <westbywest at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would agree on allowing the list to remain unmoderated.  The current
> round of discussion on socio-political esoterics has yet to approach
> any of the extremes the Internet is famous for, e.g. invoking Godwin.

I was also going to argue that Nazis were extremely innovative and much
American innovation is based on Nazi technology; but decided against it.

Sami


> 
> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Sami Khan <sami at etopian.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:56:16 -0400, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I think the list has managed to thrive for a long time (many years)
>>> without
>>> > moderation. Adding moderation seems like a harsh measure here.
>>> >
>>> > Perhaps a strawpoll on whether Sami's post was offtopic or not, and
if
>>> > the consensus is that it was, then we ask Sami not to post
non-Drupal
>>> > stuff any more on the list.
>>>
>>> My initial post that started this topic was specially about employment
>>> issues and the lack of healthcare issues in the US. Yes, admittedly it
>>> was
>>> not related to Drupal, but there were other people who chimed in and
>>> carried the discussion forward. It also wasn't me who brought ideology
>>> or
>>> politics into it; it was the people who felt they needed to attack
>>> socialism. I felt the need to defend the other side; though I could
>>> argue
>>> both ways. But okay, if you don't want to talk non-Drupal related
labour
>>> issues, I would be obliged to not contribute them.
>>>
>>> Take a straw poll.
>>
>> I realize that the thread in question was sort of a continuation on the
>> topic
>> of should Drupal unionize or not, ...etc. Therefore I can't say it is
off
>> topic
>> completely. For me, it was, at worst, borderline and therefore should
be
>> allowed.
>>
>> We had threads about insurance providers, which is totally not related
>> to Drupal too. No one complained, since the topic is "benign" me
thinks!
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