From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Tue Mar 14 2000 - 10:01:41 MST
> No, I object to that, sorry Lee. The thing hasta be done in fun, but
> there could be problems with encouraging forged posts, and besides
> I think mosta the extropians I know wouldnt object to posting
> parodies of themselves for a little laugh.
>
> There are people on this list who *might* object to the whole
> notion, who do and perhaps *should* take the archived record
> seriously, such as the PhDs, the officers of extropians, those who
> really would rather see this list as a more serious forum than a
> party, etc.
>
> Nowthen, I know and trust the people on this list well enough
> that I grant *permission* for anyone to directly post a forged
> parody of me, on either 1 or 2 April, or hell, anytime. But I would
> not wish to see forged posts of non-volunteers to be thus
> parodied. Hard feelings could result on their part. spike
I likewise would have no problem with a forged parody of me (though
it wouldn't be much of a challenge:) but I suppose some might. The
question, then, is whether we should take those objections seriously.
That's up to each poster: but consider that someone theoretically
harmed by such a parody can point to this discussion, the April 1
date of the posting, and Net tradition as pretty clear deniability.
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lcrocker.html> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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