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Re: Law

Todd P. Whitesel wrote:
> 
> Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> writes:
> 
> >     Granted, some of the actions by sites like the A2-Delfi archive,
> >Asimov, etc. do always please everyone. On that point there is no
> >disagreement. If you wish to run the perfect software archive, you are
> >free to give it a try.
> 
> I created the Caltech "premium blend" A2 FTP site nine years ago and ran
> it until I graduated. Then I took a window-office spot as A2PRO librarian
> on GEnie for five years or so, until A2PRO was absorbed into A2. You were
> saying, kiddo?

     Your experience is a plus!



> >     Anyway, since you agree that the sites should not be closed, one
> >wonders: What is the rationale for a debate?
> 
> The debate is over their attitude towards software that they shouldn't be
> carrying.

     Perhaps that is your interpretation. The recent discussion centered
upon the established, accepted functions and practices of Apple II
archive sites. Attitudes are of little real interest.



> Even you have agreed that Asimov should not be offering ProTerm.

     And, even you have agreed that these archives, including the
secretive for-pay A2-Delphi and Genie sites, should remain in operation.
 
 ....
 
> I suspect that the main debate these days is You and Nathan just trying to
> get in digs at each other, and your attendant peanut galleries cheering on
> the cockfight.

     The above betrays a decidedly quaint 'soap opera' perspective.

     You appear to focus upon one small side show. The comp.sys.apple2
newsgroup cluster has many subscribers and many interests.
 
 
> Really, some of your smug pronouncements about "Vogons" are just as > laughable as Nathan moralizing about Thieves And Liars And Their Black > Hearted Nature.

     My favorite was the one about "poison running through their veins".

     It is true that Csa2 has its lighter moments. As to terminology,
"Vogons" (borrowed from Boris/Marvin-- re. Hitchhiker's Guide') seems
more polite than, say, "drooling net-Nazi imbeciles".         



Rubywand