[ga-full] Re: [ga] [Admin] Removal of posting rights

[Jonathan Cohen <jcohen@shapirocohen.com>]

"William X. Walsh" wrote:

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> On 11-Apr-2000 Dori Kornfeld wrote:
> > Regardless of the content of messages and whether some messages are more
> > "appropriate" than others, I think the GA is losing sight of its mission by
> > engaging in censorship. The GA has already lost many valuable members and
>
> This is not censorship.  It is enforcement of rules of civil discourse.
>
> > will no doubt lose more as the arguments continue. ICANN, in theory, is
> > supposed to be an open process and the GA a forum in which interest parties
> > and individuals may deliberate. Perhaps a better method of "regulating the
> > noise" would be to send out notices that the GA list monitor suggests that
> > subscribers make individual filters for particular people. At least then
> > the GA members would be able to control their own content, and the GA could
> > become a more credible and legitimate forum for open communication.
>
> Sorry, but I fail to see how letting someone post indiscriminately slanderous
> comments such as the one that initiated this action helps lead to "open
> communication" and a deliberative process.
>
> To call this censorship is an abuse of the term, and an insult to those of us
> who stand and fight against real issues of censorship.
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> William X. Walsh <william@userfriendly.com>
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well said Mr. Walsh
Jonathan Cohen


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