P3D Re: List Proliferation and Taboos

[Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999
>From: Bruce Springsteen <bsspringsteen@xxxxxxxxx>
>....................
>I think there is a distinction that is important.  People who are
>interested in a special aspect of stereoscopy and who create a list to
>serve that special interest have every right, and possibly good reason to
>do so.  But the existence of such a list should not be used as an
>opportunity to categorically ban a topic from a stereoscopic forum which is
> general in scope.  To say that there should be a list for those who are
>especially interested in RBTs, or making cards for APEC, or selling and
>buying, does not logically demand that the topic become taboo and
>"inappropriate" for the general list.  It does not follow and is not in the
>interests of the greater subject.

*****  These are the first wise words spoken in the current round of
meta-discussion!!!

When I spoke up in favor of creating the SD-3D list it was with this same
general idea. Digital doesn't become innappropriate for the main list, but
there is a separate place where greater depth of discussion can take place
without the overhead of complaints.

That it hasn't been used much yet says NOTHING about the value of that list.

I really appreciate that the Sell-3D list exists separate from the main list... 

Larry Berlin

Email: lberlin@xxxxxxxxx
http://3dzine.simplenet.com/


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