>To (probably) misquoute, " We can all hang together, or we can hang
>separately."  And if you don't believe that, take a look at the Nov. 23
>issue of _The Chronicle of Higher Education_ .  There are folk out with
>loaded guns to get us because they don't like the authority, however
>lightly it may be applied, we have over our lists.  The author of the
>article (p. A21, "Gatekeeping on the Internet") asked questions on this
>list and interviewed us, via a conference call, and I imagine he talked
>to a few others of you.  If you haven't read it, read it.
 
Douglas,
 
I also declined the "opportunity" to be interviewed by the author of the
article (which I read) since it seemed clear that he had very strong
preconceptions about listowners and a definite agenda.  Another
journalist friend had been asked to leave a list for telephoning list
members w/o their permission and he felt that the press had some
inherent right of access to lists and their subscribers.  I wonder if he
thought what his newspaper would be like if everyone in the world were
guaranteed that anything they sent to the editor would be printed?
 
Bob
 
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