Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 11:43:16 -0500 (EST)
From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Watchmen
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, Michael Walsh wrote:

> There was a suggestion & discussion of turning the list into a
> moderated list.
>
> As usual, the classics address this issue: "Sed quis custodiet ipsos
> custodes? "  which roughly translates as : "Who will watch the
> watchmen?"  As much as I trust & love y'all, I'd rather not have a hall
> monitor.

That's a pretty smooth translation, actually.  The literal is "but who
will watch (or, have surveillance over, as Ashcroft might put it) [the]
same custodians?"

-- Dick Eney