Peter Mackay wrote:
Puddl Duk wrote:
I would support this idea as long as the mailing list
archives were public.
What would be the point of having an admin-only mailing list then?
Reading and posting are two different activities. Without wishing to stoke outrageous egos, a comparison could be drawn with Hansard reporting of Parliament. There are strict limits on who is eligible to speak, but none whatsoever on who may listen to them, or read the published record.
That kind of availability is key to transparency and accountability. Nevertheless, I am confident that the reasewrship level would be just as stunningly high as it is for Hansard (or the Congressional Record in the US).
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