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From: prabhu@nas.nasa.gov (Dinesh K. Prabhu)
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Subject: Re: Censorship and soc.religion.eastern
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Date: 10 Nov 90 09:41:44 GMT
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      This article is regarding the referendum on censorship in this
      newsgroup. I received 18 replies and on the basis of these
      opinions I have decided on the following

      1) *I will not censor any articles* (A Bart Simpson-ism ;-))

      2) Articles containing mild profanity will not be rejected as
         long as the articles stick to the topic being discussed.
      
      3) Inflammatory articles (flames and personal attacks) will be
         rejected

      My thanks to all those who replied, especially Ken Blackman who
      has given this topic a great deal of thought.

      One final issue - one of the readers had suggested that this
      newsgroup be unmoderated for a two-week period. I am quite
      sorry but this cannot be done. Moderation of this group is
      necessary. Otherwise we'll be flooded with political articles
      from soc.culture.indian (I have rejected all of them) and
      sundry articles from "fundamentalists" (of all kinds). The
      only choice available is to have a vote to move the group
      into the "talk" hierarchy and lots of sites do not carry "talk"
      groups.

      The next six articles are the opinions I received on the subject
      of censorship in this newsgroup. I have edited (not censored :-))
      the articles to the extent that I have removed the mail headers,
      quoted material and signatures. This was done to keep the
      bandwidth to a minimum. Hope y'all don't mind.

      Regards

      Dinesh