Comp.sources.unix and replacing Rich Salz

[Eliot]

scott at wiley.uucp (Scott Simpson) writes:

>What a bunch of crap. If you take over a moderatorship and you don't
>live up to your time commitments then you have gone back on your word.
>There are people who do have the time to moderate comp.sources.unix
>and who have volunteered and I and many others in the USENET community
>would rather have them moderating comp.sources.unix. Just because Greg
>isn't willing to become the cook doesn't mean he should accept burnt
>eggs.

First of all, I don't remember Rich *ever* promising *ANY* level of
service.  When it comes to burnt eggs, when you pay for NO EGGS, don't
complain when they come burnt.  Nobody's asking you to eat them.  If
you simply choose to throw a moderator out on his ear based on volume.

comp.sources.unix was never *meant* to be a high throughput group.
That's why comp.sources.misc exists.  You people are all bitching at
Rich when you should be replacing Brandon, who has *ASKED* to be
replaced.

>>If you can't *do*, we may not be so keen on having you teach.   That's the
>>way USENET works.  Those who put their time and effort and resources into
>>doing things are the people who make and control the network.  If you are
>>not willing to put those things in, you get no say.

Your wonderful little demonstration of logic leads me to conclude that
you should cancel your article, and not post until you've done
something for USENET.

>(Thoreau or Patrick Henry or somebody has a much
>more elegant phrasing of this position.)
>Scott Simpson			TRW			scott at coyote.trw.com

Thoreau was a loudmouth.  Henry was part of a revolution.
-- 
Eliot Lear
[lear at turbo.bio.net]