Not so fast, buddy
Unfortunately, he didn't act out of the premise that he was honoring a democracy.
And I did not so state. I was very careful and specific in my wording -- apparently to no avail in your case. Let me refresh your memory:
He upset four people who chain-reaction-complained in a typical mob-like action. One of the (remaining) listadmins (Rob) claimed this noisy clique constituted the voice of "democracy", and claimed it was wrongful for any listadmin to not honour the wishes of same.The wrangle in question did not concern anyone's removal from the list roster, but rather the four noisemakers' complaints about Karsten having Web-site-access username/password notices sent to the mailing list -- which Rob claimed constituted "democracy" (in glorious defiance of the logic of arithmetic) and that it would be wrongful for any volunteer listadmin to not implement that alleged mandate (in glorious defiance of logic, generally).
I am left to wonder whether you were actually incapable of grasping that context, or whether you're just inventing yet another excuse to hijack the subject. I'll try to be charitable, and not speculate.
Either way, sorry, no. You haven't followed the discussion, and might wish to review.
invective was quickly elevated by K and you...
Well, that's showing one fsck of a lot of nerve. What I did, as usual, was demolish pathetically bad and convenient pseudo-reasoning, which I find offensive. Don't pollute my memespace, kid, or I most definitely will take apart what you say. And I will not be concerned, either for or against, with you personally, because I absolutely do not care (now more than ever). All I want is to get crap sophistry and rationalising, be it of the disreputable mob-think rubbish you've recently favoured or any other, out of my line of sight.
I suspect you're one of those people who think you're automatically entitled to respect. Clue: I don't respect you. I don't disrespect you. I really don't care about you at all (unless and until I get to know you and consider you a friend -- and you specifically are advised not to hold your breath). This is the Internet: I'm interested in the merits of what people say. If you don't like that, tough. I most definitely don't care about that, either.
Rick Moen
rick@linuxmafia.com
