On Tue, 2011-03-15 at 21:43 +0530, Rony wrote:
own rules. No one's stopping you from doing that either.
it doesn't work like that. I like this list and I do not want it to become like some lists I used to be a member of - with a bunch of egoistic admins who spend their time being heavy-handed with
members.
Loosen up at little. If we have survived for many years on this list then rest assured that the admins are quite liberal.
you have totally missed the point. It is not a question of 'not trusting the admins' or that 'the admins are liberal'. I have known the current admins of this list for several years and worked with them on many occasions. Do I trust them? Yes, for example I know if they commit to attend a workshop or a conference, I need not worry. They will be there. Yes, if the list goes down they will not rest till it comes up. But censorship and moderation is something different. I would not trust Mother Theresa or Mahatma Gandhi or even myself in this matter. In these matters it is only peer pressure out in the open that keeps a list self-moderated. This is my opinion, and from what I can see of the successful mailing lists in India, it is followed. The lists that have followed the path of moderation are mostly dead or dying.