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   From: rev_jack@thepopeshinesmyshoes.com   
      
   On Sat, 03 Jun 2006 21:59:40 -0400, Attuarii    
   wrote:   
      
   >Heidi Graw wrote:   
   >   
   >> ...and I hope that you will not avoid posting to SRA solely because it is   
   >> a   
   >> moderated newsgroup.  I'm hoping that if there is a topic under discussion   
   >> that you find interesting that you may choose to participate.   
   >   
   >I am averse to the concept of moderation in most cases.  I have found that   
   >leadership can often be as effective as dictatorship in achieving positive   
   >ends.  The advantage is that leadership typically has fewer negative   
   >consequences.   
   >   
   >> I hope you   
   >> will judge the newsgroup based on content and not whether or not it is   
   >> moderated.   
   >   
   >The problem with that statement is that one can only judge what appears, not   
   >what has been rejected.   
   >   
   >> I know you said in the past that  you would not post into SRA.  I'm hoping   
   >> you will change your mind about that.  It's o.k. to change your mind.  ;-)   
   >   
   >Much of my motivation has been kept to myself.  You know more than others   
   >what my views are in this regard.  There is far more I could say on this   
   >matter, but I don't believe it would be constructive.   
   >   
   >> As to your reference to "Spanky's clubhouse,"  ....given there   
   >> are so few females posting into ARA, quite often I felt like I was that   
   >> unwelcome girl barging into the boys' clubhouse.   
   >   
   >Part of it has to do with the effective propaganda war waged against any and   
   >all things Germanic.   
   >   
   >   
   >> Perhaps now is a good time for us and the moderators to think of some ways   
   >> to get more of these women to come out and join the group.  Ask some of   
   >> the women in your own lives what it is that would encourage that   
   >> participation.   
   >   
   >Strange how that works.  When you give other people the power to protect you   
   >from dangerous thoughts...   
   >   
   >> Any ideas?   
   >   
   >Call it Celtic.  Or even better Celtiq.  Throwing a few accents in to make   
   >it appear Parisian would probably help as well.   
      
   Sorry, this froup is now about trolls and trolling.   
      
      
   Rev. Jack   
      
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