Re: [ga] [ADMIN] Suspension of Dave Crocker

["JandL" <jandl@jandl.com>]

This is probably a waste of one of my five posts for the day.  
However, I take exception to complaints regarding an individual's 
personal opinion about politics within the ICANN framework.  It is 
one thing to call a person names.  It is quite another to make a 
personal comment on one's politics and/or motives.  There are 
constant political statements made on this list.  That's a large part 
of dealing with the policies in ICANN.  

I think we're drawing a line in the sand with this interpretation of list 
rules.  I also think there could be a backlash from silencing political 
free speech which is what those two statements were, IMHO.  

I sincerely hope this list will not go the way of censorship.  If it 
does, half the posters would have to be banned for making political 
comments.

Leah


> At 19:44 05.04.2001 -0400, JandL wrote:
> >I would normally not respond to this type of post.  However, I must
> >take exception to it in that it refers to me.  I would like to know
> >when I have broken the rules and to what post you referred your
> >targeted remarks.
> 
> The following two sentences have been complained about:
> 
> You: (jandl)
>  >Personally, I believe that the duo are paid disrupters who do a good
>  >job at their intended purpose.
> 
> Andy:
>  >The place just wouldn't be the same without the C&C Propaganda
>  Factory to >entertain us with their blind support of the party line.
> 
> In the judgment of the list monitor, both are inflammatory personal
> attacks, and serve no purpose except to raise the temperature of the
> list.
> 
> The list monitor has decided that he will issue a warning (for once,
> ON the list); the list monitor will have a new person in the appeals
> chain in a few days, and wants to consult with that person. But I
> judge these statements to be well outside what is permitted by list
> rules.
> 
>              Harald Alvestrand
>              Speaking as list monitor
> 


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