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echo: fidonews
to: LEE LOFASO
from: DAVID DRUMMOND
date: 2019-11-11 11:49:00
subject: Pledge Allegiance to the

On 10/11/2019 13:57, Lee Lofaso -> All wrote:
 LL> Hello Everybody,

 LL> How to obtain a node number in Fidonet -

 LL> "You must indicate that you have read, and agree to abide by,
 LL> this document and all the current policies of FidoNet."
 LL> ~ Fidonet Pledge of Allegiance

 LL> How to obtain a license to practice law in China -

Irrelevant when applying for a Fidonet node number.
[...]

 LL> Why do a small number of Fidonet sysops continue to insist on
 LL> all applicants to take a similar loyalty oath?

If you find this so abhorrent why would you even want to be part of Fidonet?
[...]

 LL> The biggest destroyer of the number of sysops in Fidonet is the
 LL> leadership of Fidonet.

There is no "leadership" in Fidonet - only nodelist clerks.

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Regards
David

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