Re: [Ausloco] What silliness...

[Scott Martin <semartin@idx.com.au>]

Aaaah yes. Maybe we should show the Anarchists a print out of the posts 
for the last few days to show them why their preferred system of 
organising society can,t, don't and won't work.

On the topic of Ausloco'ers hiving off into more 'exclusive clubs' of 
mailing lists, I would like to paraphrase most crudely Oscar Wilde (or 
was it George Bernard Shaw) who said words to the effect of : "I wouldn't 
be a member of any club that asked me to join"...

One final note. I note that there is much use of the words 'members' and 
'subscribers' in the last few threads about where this list is going. I 
think that those who have joined Ausloco are very fortunate, in that the 
above mentioned words are normally used in conjunction with some kind of 
financial payment (a membership fee or a subscription). Remember, 
Aus.loco costs nothing to join and operates on volunteer (i.e. unpaid) 
labour. Therefore, the list has no value (monetary or otherwise) except 
in what the members (and administrators) contribute. If all the various 
talkers who criticise Aus.loco, or run off to private clubs, or just 
plain leave were prepared to stump up the money to have an Aus.loco 
tailored to their needs, then maybe everyone would be happy. OH, I just 
realised, then we'd have a near real time desktop distributed 
intelligence gathering and analysis system (I've worked with those 
systems - and they cost millions of dollars and take years to get 
happening). Anyone for running an Ausloco cakestall.....

Scott

I hear - I forget, 
I see  - I remember,
I do   - I understand


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