Here's a thought, why don't you actually read what people write before you comment on it?
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas
At 7:33 PM -0600 22/12/05, Carrol Cox wrote:
>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
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