Re: [ga] NC members, censorship and other absurd things

[<idno@tallship.net>]

I agree.

This obvious censorship is a travesty, and has invited the rude and
somewhat humorus poke in the eye that Mr. Baptista has landed us.

Rules of civil discourse are the way, not arbitrary censoreship. I am
perfectly capable of dealing with the traffic tht lands in my email box,
and furthermore find the "offensive" moniker more appropriately applied to
the activity that the "censor" has engaged.

No, I do not condone what Mr. Baptista has done. Yes, I fell down laughing
but that is just my personal sense of humor and I'm sure that many here
will merely not admit to the same.

The Point is. This was deserved by our inaction in demanding that the
shameful censoreship of unpopular people was itself not put in check.

If we don't do something about the censoreship, we have stated that we are
asking for this rude - and even worse possibly - behavior on the part of
people who are not beyond engaging in such campaigns.

On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Javier Rodriguez wrote:

> Dear NC members,
> Dear ICANN Board members
> Dear NEW elected Icann Board members
> 
> Maybe your silence is building an atmosphere of Censorship.
> 
> Please, we need YOU spend some time to establish
> a politic about the management of the list related to the ICANN
> process.
> 
> This kind of "nobodie's land" is not helpfull to the ICANN
> process.
> 
> Please, put some rules to avoid this air of censorship that
> I understand that comes from your silence.  I understand
> that there is a TON of things to do, but to preserve the
> integrity of the open mailing lists would be one of the first
> tasks that we must took in our hands.
> 
> When I say "establish a politic" I mean set rules to avoid
> censorship.  We, all, are grown people that know very well
> how to use filters and to read what we want to read... we dont
> need a BIG FATHER that can tell us what we can and what
> we cannot read... 
> 
> I hope a public statement about the open, no censorship,
> nature of this and all list related to the ICANN process.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Javier
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> Javier Rodriguez                     jrl@mail.lima.net.pe
> AXISNET                                    VicePresident
> Peruvian Association of Internet Users and ISPs
> Other duties: ECOMLAC      ISOC -PERU      IPCE
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