Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 13:21:55 +0900
Subject: Re: [HAB:] Can philosophy truly evolve in HyperNet City?


On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 11:08:59 -0800 (PST), Gary E. Davis
<coherings-AT-yahoo.com> wrote:

> I want to say something about Yahoo! as Internet
> presence. Advertising-sponsored freedom of media is as
> old as the newspaper. We may ignore the ads that
> support the New York Times, without thinking anything
> less about the Times. Besides, it's *not* as if
> advertising-free discussion lists foster a high level
> of discourse! If you're uncomfortable about
> subscribing to the Yahoo! list because it's in the
> market, then that's an issue worth pursuing in that
> market! Bringing high levels of consciousness to the
> market is probably more progressive than loving
> marginality—otherwise as if talking in the margins
> harbors some virtuous purity or potential of thought
> that talking in a café loses.

Nicely stated, Gary.  I too moderate a Yahoo Groups list (devoted to
electroacoustic music) and I think a lot of the criticism floated
toward Yahoo Groups is rather unjustified.


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