[Air-l] Tyranny of a minority

[Elizabeth Van Couvering]

In your view, how should the list be managed?

I feel as though you are accusing me of colluding with tyrants  
(although I don't agree with this characterisation of my colleagues  
list members), but I am not really sure about what alternatives you  
propose.

I also think many are deterred from interacting with you on this  
matter (not on academic matters, where as far as I recall the  
discussions have been productive) for fear that you will label them -  
it goes both ways, in other words.

Elizabeth

On 9 Nov 2006, at 18:48, Sam Tilden wrote:
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>
>   There are 1500 people who own this list. AOIR claims ownership  
> but there are autocrats who rule this list as a whim of agreement  
> or diagreement.
> <snip>
>
>   I abhor tryrany in any form. I believe that this list is  
> controled by intellectual tyrants. They do it with velvet words,  
> but it is tryranny none the less. I have enjoyed my association  
> with most of you.

Elizabeth Van Couvering
PhD Student
Department of Media & Communications
London School of Economics and Political Science
http://personal.lse.ac.uk/vancouve/
e.j.van-couvering at lse.ac.uk