Malcolm Miles wrote to Renato Zambon on Saturday May 22 2004 at 20:30:

Let's see if this really _is_ public...

 MM> I don't consider posting private messages a prank or a joke. We post
 MM> here safe in the knowledge that our words are to be kept amongst
 MM> friends and not made open for public discussion. This allows us to be
 MM> more candid in our discussions and therefore make better decisions.

This is the same kind of garbage the NC previous to me used to write in the
node echo of our net in an attempt to keep people from cross-posting
messages from it.

Sounds good on the surface, but what you really mean - and he meant - is
that you can bash people, regions, zones or whatever without that becoming
public and inviting retaliation.

The intersting thing about this is that none of you ZCs made a particularly
negative impression in the ZCC messages Renato made public, as I've written
elsewhere. Your fears of being torn apart for your private views are
totally unfounded, and Renato is perfectly correct that an open discussion
leads to less - not more - suspision and recrimination.

The only thing I would agree with you in this is that the ZCC echo should
be read-only except for ZCs, since there's no justification for permitting
clutter and discussions by others there. But there is no justification for
the secrecy, and much to be said against it.

Cheers, Bob

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