Bitch | Lab wrote:
>
> At 06:04 PM 12/22/2005, Bill Bartlett wrote:
> >At 1:46 PM -0500 22/12/05, Doug Henwood wrote:
> >
> >>I've watch various electronic forums spin totally out of control because
> >>of a libertarian attitude towards assholes, or other disruptive sorts.
> >>This is a moderated list, not a constitutional democracy.
> >
> >So this is the doctrine of pre-emptive execution then? The other danger is
> >that people might be frightened to challenge the herd mentality and it
> >will all get very boring and predictable.
Ah, come off it. Lists are essentially private clubs with varying conditions for membership, in this case pretty open. Some years ago I kicked the Malecki character off the m-fem list (for a post on ball-breaking), & went away for the weekend. Malgosia was left tending shop & she kicked several more off for squawking that weekend. Good riddance. It's really asinine to complain about the parameters of any given list.
Keep clear what censorship is: suppression of speech by the state. Other forms of suppression within given contexts may or may not be desirable, but use another label than censorhip.
Carrol