> Is it possible for a FAQ to be REMOVED from *.answers, in
> much the same sense that a member of this mailing list can be
> (bypothetically) removed from it by mass opposing consensus?
. . .
I've got a number of (hopefully) relevant thoughts on this one,
but no real solution, so here goes.
First off, there's already the beginnings of a more realistic
Judges-L FAQ -- I saw it in news.admin.policy yesterday. Right now its
very short, but it doesn't really need to be long as long as it explains
that not everybody supports Judges-L, and that a surprising number of
people on the mailing list itself don't support that FAQ.
Next, getting into the sticky issues part. I work for what they
call a Community Access Cable Station, which basically means that anybody
who creates a program which is not blatantly obscene or obviously
commerical can get it aired on one of the channels we run. We make it
very clear that we are not responsible for the content, and it is the
First Amendment in action (unlike USENET, the First Amendment to the
Consitution of the United States actually /does/ apply, by order of the
Federal Communications Commission.)
Like *.answers, we also have some minimal technical standards, and
reserve the right to make reccomendations in regards to improving the
quality of any access programming.
Because of this, we'd even air Nazi propaganda if somebody went
through the paperwork to request airtime. We're already airing speeches
by Rev. Louis Farrakhan in which he is using blatantly racist, often
anti-semetic language.
So the question is, is this a valid comparison? Should it be?
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