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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Clark via extropy-chat<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, August 22, 2020 11:58 AM<br><b>To:</b> ExI chat list <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><br><b>Cc:</b> John Clark <johnkclark@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Exi JKC Political Posting Final Warning<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 2:47 PM SR Ballard via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>> </span></span>It is entirely possible to have an off list political discussion group, no?<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Ghetto groups don't work</span><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>,</span></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> especially for a low volume list like this one. I'm not interested in every topic this list discusses, but they don't make me angry, I just ignore posts that don't interest me.</span><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> I don't understand why that's so hard.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> John K Clark<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>I disagree with the notion that ghetto groups do not work. We had some terrific unleashed discussions, and the archives are not public (this last part is important.) Unfortunately a lot of it was never preserved either. What I wouldn’t give for our privacy/encryption discussion from about 2002 when Hal was with us. And when Lee Corbin was with us, I would pay good money if anyone thought to archive that rich ore.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>I can see a lotta value in a politics subgroup. ExiMod wouldn’t hafta tell us to take it outside. ExiMod could tell us to take it to John’s Bar next door, where fighting is allowed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>If John doesn’t want to moderate (or join) a politics sub-group, I nominate Keith Henson. He is highly respected.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>