[Air-l] what's appropriate

[Aldon Hynes]

I am sure that there is a very interesting digression
about how YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary), relates to EPA
standards, fuel consumption, and back to Middle
Eastern Politics and the class struggle involved with
BMWs, but heeding Barry's comments, I would like to
return to (hopefully) the more germain topic of
studying the role of the internet in the current
issues surrounding proposed U.S. attack against Iraq.

I remember from my days as a demonstrator, that an
important aspect of the demonstrations was always
gathering afterwards for a beer to talk about what had
happened which helped galvanize the sense of
commitment to the cause, sense of community etc.

I've noticed what seems to be a similar occurance in
blogs, especially after last weekend.  I know that
there are people here interested in the role of blogs.
 Is anyone looking at blogs as an emerging political
tool?  For another example to look at in this area,
Former Vermont Governor Dean's campaign for the
Presidency has a blog.  (http://dean2004.blogspot.com)
 Is this a topic that the panel on Blogs in Toronto is
going to touch on?

Aldon


--- Barry Wellman <wellman at chass.utoronto.ca> wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> I've seen too many lists torn apart by digressing
> from their purpose -- in
> this case, discussing internet research -- to other
> matters. Sure,
> everything is germane (I once unsuccessfully tried
> to get the BMW list to
> discuss the class struggle as a cause of car
> jackings), but some are more
> germane than others.
> 
> Second, I've seen too many instances where posters
> to lists assume that
> everyone shares their opinions. It's part of the
> partial communities that
> we belong to. There is a rough community of interest
> around internet
> research here, but that doesn't generalize to
> politics, etc. In short,
> political discussions belong on political lists, not
> here.
> 
> That's my .02. YMMV (curious if anyone remembers
> where the latter comes
> from).

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