I would ban hate speech, sexism and racism. Everyone has the right to say what they want, but not everywhere.
3. goes without saying. ", even if that person is a terrorist, a serial killer, a cannibal, a child molester or the world's most evil, most horrible and most disgusting person." I would delete everything above except the period. Chris Penn... On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Michael Sokolov <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What I >> do not understand from anyone is the desire to start another group >> without hashing out the issues they have with the charter. > > Well, a charter that *I* would like to see (for any social group in any > locality on any topic) would be very very different, and would run along > the lines of: > > 1. The purpose of the group is to bring together people in $GEO_AREA > interested in $TOPIC. > > 2. Every person without exception who expresses an interest in $TOPIC > and is able and willing to attend and participate in events in > $GEO_AREA has an entitlement right to be a member of the group. No > person who expresses interest in $TOPIC and shows up at the physical > events may be denied group membership for ANY reason, even if that > person is a terrorist, a serial killer, a cannibal, a child molester > or the world's most evil, most horrible and most disgusting person. > > 3. No group member may exercise any dictatorial powers over any other > member. In particular, no member can ever ban or remove any other > member from the group, and no member may ever restrict or moderate > any other member's speech under any circumstances for any reason. > > That's a pretty simple template charter for an Ultimate Free For All > group, and it is my firm conviction that every social group on any topic > in any locality should be like that. > > David Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I still don't know what you're somehow thinking you have lost. > > I believe that an injury to one is an injury to all. Although I have > not been on the receiving end of any mailing list moderation stick > myself yet, I have heard that other group members have been subjected to > wrongful moderation on the list, and that is absolutely Wrong and > unacceptable. > > Any kind of governmental structure in the group that allows a particular > "lord" or clique of "lords" to ban members or seekers from the mailing > list or from the physical meetings is nothing short of utmost > reprehensible tyranny, and it is my duty to rebel in the most violent > manner against any such developments, even if the person on the > receiving end of the stick is someone I barely know or don't know at all > as in the present case. > > MS > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
