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From: "Barrie J. Wright" <>
Subject: Re: Voting and immoderation
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 09:35:11 +0930


A wonderful example below of how people can be misunderstood on lists
by selective quoting. For the record:

1. Everything I wrote therein was against any sort of vote.
That was clear, I thought.
2. TAF is wisely against it, and rightly said so.
3. Any voting implies campaigns and manouvering, which equals
propaganda.
4. This medium is open to distortion of messages like no other I know--
except TV, radio, newspapers etc
5. Australians are having a vote in Nov. on what 'republic' may mean for
them.
The pro-republic people would like to remove the word republic from the
referendum question so there can be no misunderstanding.

Enough said?

Am I self-rehabilitated now? I'll never know....

Barrie Wright

From: Todd A. Farmerie <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 1:27 AM
Subject: Re: Voting and immoderation

> wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 7/5/99 8:20:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > writes:
> >
> > << 7. Before voting, who is to compile the list of the qualified
voters?
> >
> >
> > Barrie Wright, in Adelaide, South Australia
> > >>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Did our list owner say that he wanted a vote? And how _would_ you pick
> > "qualified voters?"
> >
> > By contributions, by length of stay on this list? This idea also brings
up a
> > few issues.
>
> Were this proposal to go forward, there are no qualifications on
> voting. Anyone can vote, including people with no interest in medieval
> genealogy whatsoever.
>
>
> > Didn't we go through this all last year?
>
> And I am sure we haven't seen the last of it.
>
> taf
>
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