From: Ron House <house@usq.edu.au>
Date: 1998/01/20
Message-ID: <34C43065.7BE00128@usq.edu.au>
Newsgroups: news.groups
Rick Schaut wrote:
>
> Ron House wrote in message <<A
HREF="/profile.xp?author=34C2D9CE.4DAB50A2@usq.edu.au&ST=PS">34C2D9CE.4DAB5
0A2@usq.edu.au</A>>...
> >"Given up hope"? Did you see my reply to your earlier
> >query on this matter? If so, why are you implying your
> >questions have not been answered, if not, then please
> >ask any questions you like based on my earlier answer
> >(which I reproduce below) and I'll do my best to answer
> >them.
>
> I saw your earlier post. Its thesis was, primarily, that if I think there's
> some problem to address than I, Rick Schaut acting as an individual, should
> do something about it. Asside from the fact that any such action on my part
> would relieve the proponents of this newsgroup of any responsibility they
> have to work to address this issue, I still won't act on my own. I would if
> I thought this was an issue that could be adequately addressed via an
> individual's action, I'd do so.
Quite frankly, I think this is a cop out. You want us
to do something (what?) yet you won't discuss your
concerns. NO, I won't discuss this on Baha'i email
lists; this is a Usenet proposal and I will discuss
it on Usenet. I am not a member of any closed Baha'i
email lists and I have no intention of becoming so,
probably only to find you won't tell us your concerns
there either.
Once again: the proposal is for a forum for DISCUSSION
OF THE BAHA'I FAITH. It is NOT a proposal for a pro-
Baha'i publicity channel. I couldn't care less if
the articles posted to the NG end up supporting or
refuting the Faith. All I want is a FREE, OPEN place
where anyone can discuss the topic. It is therefore no
responsibility of mine to make sure that the NG
works the way YOU would like it to, least of all
if you won't tell me what your concerns are.
So, Risk, put up or shut up. Tell us your worries
so we can discuss them or stop whinging.
--
Ron House
house@usq.edu.au
An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but
because people refuse to see it. -- James Michener, "Space"
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