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Re: [wg-d] Overview
At 03:59 PM 18/10/1999 -0700, Kent Crispin wrote:
>
>As David Johnson pointed out, the *fundamental* purpose of RRs is to
>serialize discussion, which is directly contrary to the greatest
>strength of email.
>
In an unstructured setting, this greatest strenght of email can also be
(ab)used to derail and misdirect.
In the absence of agreed rules for list-discussion, RR as existing rules
for serialization, however imperfect, are still helpful to assist progress
in discussion , motions and amendments.
--Joop Teernstra LL.M.-- , bootstrap of
the Cyberspace Association,
the constituency for Individual Domain Name Owners
http://www.democracy.org.nz/idno/