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Jef Poskanzer
jef at well.sf.ca.us
Mon Aug 20 16:00:03 AEST 1990
In the referenced message, peter at sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) wrote:
}Nobody, including Mr. Jef "Automatic Alt.sources Email Flamer" is impartial.
}The question is whether their private axes are going to get in the way.
Yes, that is what I mean by impartial. As I said, it is fine to have
opinions. It is not fine to abuse a position of trust in the furtherance
of those opinions.
}And
}the only way to find that out in this case is to see what I come up with and
}see if it's rational, impartial, and reliable.
You posted a list of things you thought should go in the FAQ list. One
of them was not impartial.
}If you're willing to do the job, do it.
}If you're not, get out of the way.
I already manage three FAQ postings, soon to be four. This is too many
for one person, and I would be glad to hand them off to anyone who is
qualified. Conflicts of interest have already come up, in my own
perhaps overly picky opinion. Since I am not specially qualified to
do alt.sources, I won't.
However, responses of the form "if you won't do it then shut up" are
obnoxious and boring. I have made a valid objection. Answer it, or
shut up.
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Jef
Jef Poskanzer jef at well.sf.ca.us {ucbvax, apple, hplabs}!well!jef
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