Subj : I think things have gone overboard.
To   : Ross Cassell
From : Jack Yates
Date : Sun Oct 06 2002 01:36 pm

 JY>> Without getting into the rules of each and every distro system,
 JY>> or personalities, I would say that any distro hub that removes an
 JY>> echo from distribution is no longer a distro hub.

 RC> What if in theory the echo was removed from the HUB by the moderator,
 RC> same result but different means, this would not disqualify the hub
 RC> from being in a distro system?

I really didn't think this needed to be considered, and it doesn't, does it? 

 JY>> Further, I would say that any distro system that discontinues the
 JY>> distribution of an echo, whether as an agreed action among all
 JY>> the members of the system or by virtue of an action of *one* of
 JY>> the members is no longer a distro system.

 RC> Would that mean that all the echoes that have been dropped because of
 RC> elist or traffic criteria? (by any system)



 JY>> i.e.:  If X, Y and Z are a distributiuon system and an echo is
 JY>> not being distributed by X, Y and Z because Y has refused to
 JY>> distribute it, the while system is broken.

 RC> No it would not be, if X refused to carry, Y and Z still could.


Seldom does your opinion equate to mine.  You might recall that I cut an echo 
from one node in a distro system earlier this year; one of the Z-hubs told me 
that I had broken the distro system.  I didn't argue with him then and I don't 
argue the point now.


 RC> It would have an effect on X's links, but that would be the case if X
 RC> had the echo removed by the moderator for that matter, as opposed to
 RC> the exercising of "personal choice".

 RC> As we know this appears to be the case here.

Actually, there doesn't appear to be any case at all.



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