Suggestion to partially moderate NAIPR list

[Paul Ferguson]

At 09:37 AM 3/6/97 -0500, Nicholas Lordi Jr wrote:

>
>Anyone who is (was ?) on the IAHC mailing list is aware of the 
>inordinate amount of traffic which did little to add to the discussion.
>In fact, a recent article in the Feb 24th edition of Network World 
>by Scott Bradner entitled "Is online discussion democracy ?"
>discusses the nature of the IAHC list.
>
>Scott states in his article:
>
>"Clearly, debate is necessary in a democracy, but historically, debates
>are moderated in some way and have been used to try to build consensus.
>Unfettered debates can foster demagogurey, disinterest, and disgust, all
>at the same time."
>

I read Scott's article and I couldn't agree more.

- paul