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From: louisg@vpnet.chi.il.us (Louis Giliberto)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk,news.misc
Subject: Re: Caller ID:  Is comp.dcom.telecom biased?
Keywords: moderator opinions
Message-ID: <1991Feb01.214251.13432@vpnet.chi.il.us>
Date: 1 Feb 91 21:42:51 GMT
References: <1991Jan30.000852.10527@lavaca.uh.edu> <10590@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <1991Jan31.025120.1125@lavaca.uh.edu>
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My personal viewpoint is that the moderator has a right, just as anyone else
to give his opinions.  Because he is moderator does not mean he is stripped of
his right of free speech.

What I do have a problem with is the moderator either 1) stifling messages
because he does not agree with them or 2) inserting his comments into the
original message.  This is tampering with other persons' rights.  

However, if the moderator responds in the normal way, he is merely expressing
his opinion like everyone else.  His job is to moderate, not to be an
impartial judge.

To stifle messages or tamper with them in any way is to abuse one's power
and to violate a user's rights if the cause is to further one's own
opinion.

That's my $.02


Louis Giliberto 
louisg@vpnet.chi.il.us