From: "res02iqa-AT-gte.net" <res02iqa-AT-gte.net>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 10:38:21 -0700
Subject: Re: Organised anarchist mailing list


On 4 May 01, at 20:46, roger wrote:

> yeah, closed lists have their uses i suppose but jeeze who's kiddin'
> who (or whom i guess) here?  overthrowing capitalism is a pretty damn
> big job so i guess somebody has to organize it, but you know the list
> has gotta be hacked by anybody who really wants to know what goes on. 
> so keeping out the riff-raff (among whose numbers i proudly count
> myself) seems to be the only real purpose for a closed list.  any
> movement that can't handle hecklers is lacking both a sense of humor
> (not to mention irony) and any chance of success.


They just want a moderated list, but not one that requires list 
"ownership", per se.

A provocateur/infiltrator can join the list, but if he starts preaching  
statism or big money capitalism ( same thing, really, despite the 
AC crowd's whining ), they can boot him for failing to live up to his 
promise to support the platform.

I suspect they are not to terribly strict about posting requirements.


Regards,

Kristopher K. Barrett