Re: [Hampshire] list moderation?

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Author: Jim Kissel
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] list moderation?


Vic wrote:
>> I think the idea was for the community to be self-policing.
>
> Absolutely.
>
> The software we use promotes Freedom. Freedom has to be the central
> philosophical plank of all our activities here. How bizarre it would be,
> then, not to have that Freedom in our discussions.
>
> Freedom of discussion will lead to occasional spats - that's life. It's
> much preferable to a sanitised environment where everything must be
> checked for appropriate conformity to the current Politically Correct
> Viewpoints,
>
> I for one am not interested in any more moderation than we already have[1].


The token Yankee will give that a big 10/4
You want to censor the Internet, move to Myanmar, N. Ko...or Italy! ;-)

>
> Vic.
>
>
> [1] The moderators do actually guide the list; I was once asked to stop
> posting to a particular thread that had gone somewhat off-target. And *in
> that case*, I was more than happy to comply.
>
>


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