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From: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Purposes of group
Message-ID: <218@dcs.UUCP>
Date: 13 Oct 88 11:55:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: dcs.218
References: <6799@ig.ig.com> <17475@gatech.edu> <6802@ig.ig.com>
Reply-To: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul)
Organization: DCS, Dallas, Texas
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In article <6802@ig.ig.com> krone@PRESTO.IG.COM.UUCP (Larry Krone) writes:
>In article <17475@gatech.edu> ken@gatech.UUCP (Ken Seefried iii) writes:
>>I do not view the role of the moderator as that of a censor.  I would hope 
>>that the moderators only job is to screen messages for relevance to the
>>newsgroup.
>I guess I must be an unabashed liberal.  Last time I checked, "screening"
>messages is the same as "censoring" them...ask the South African Press
>about that, the S.A. gov't thinks that any reports on military actions
>there are not "relevant" and should not be reported...

Ah, but a moderator would not decide that something should not be said, but
only that it should not be said IN THIS PLACE, i.e. news.admin. He would
(or should) not delete unsuitable communications, but simply redirect them
to the appropriate place.

That's not censorship, but simply reminding people of the polite manners
they should have acquired before leaving their parents' home :-).

And not carrying certain newsgroups is not censorship either, but just simply
chosing not to listen to certain people's free speech on certain topics.
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