Re: Proposed Process for Charter Amendment
On 30-Nov-2005, "Dan Kimmel" <daniel.kimmel@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> <moshes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Well, so far only the_idea_ of how to make changes is being discussed.
> > And I welcome this discussion wholeheartedly. Once it's approved,
> > hopefully, there will be time to discuss _specific_ changes. Whether
> > the change that prompted this discussion will be accepted or not, it
> > had the affect of allowing _discussion_ for which I am grateful.
> >
>
> <sigh> And if the moderators, in the benevolence, decide such discussion
> is
> no longer appropriate, this *privilege* will be taken away from us.
>
> As Benjamin Franklin noted, those who would give up their freedom in
> exchange for security usually end up with neither.
Thus driving *everyone* away, killing the group.
But they're not that stupid.
I agree with you in principle when it comes to things that people
can't easily fight against, but this isn't one of them.
Susan
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