I don't share this sense of unease. While I believe that there is room for scholarly debate in many things, I felt that what Lachlan brought to the table often fell beyond not only a level of debate, but sometimes a level of basic understanding. One thing out of this that I find extremely interesting, though, is how the online community governs itself? How does this governance work through our collective perceptions of the community, and can online communities "survive" without a structured model of governance? Steve -----Original Message----- From: Monika Merkes [mailto:M.Merkes@latrobe.edu.au] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 6:02 PM To: air-l@aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Lachlan Brown I share Robert's feelings of unease mainly for two reasons: freedom of speech is more important to me than being exposed to some inappropriate or even offensive comments, and secondly issues around process: what _is_ the process for being kicked off the list? Is it a fair and transparent process? Regards Monika Monika Merkes http://member.melbpc.org.au/~monika/ "robert m. tynes" wrote:
I find it a bit troubling. I'm not sure exactly why, but I do have a
few
reflections.
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