The Censor Swoops

I do apologize for the confusion on this point. I will say that having been a list moderator for a number of years I have heard any number of complaints about agendas and the like whenever a poster went out of line -- complaints FROM such a poster (or those who felt that my reaction might have been too much) about what I was supposedly doing. So to my mind your end comment can be read one way as much as it could the other (to Mark's credit, he sensed your meaning more thoroughly).

Lastly, Andrew Farrel probably has it right - maybe I should have just shut up and let the dust settle.

Well, debate is a good thing, after all. I sympathize with your idealism more than you might think -- personally I felt Calum was little more than an attention-seeking irritant for the most part, though in recent months his spitefulness and baiting of other posters grew wearying, to put it mildly. But when push came to shove, I was glad to see him gone and I think the policy drawn up -- which again reminds me of my own experience since a few months into running my lists I was also forced by circumstances to draft and enforce a policy -- is something that allows for the ideal existence of ILX while noting that in practice there are people who can and will abuse its ideals. Drawing a line in that case seems to be the only logical response.

oops, I just googled "calum best emma bunton" and we're hit #3

=:o

What this ongoing ILX growth and debate shows is that censorship is rarely as mechanical as people think of it. I'm not saying I'm pro-censorship, but I am pro-understanding, and I'm glad that the process here is fairly transparent and that people feel comfortable enough to question things and that those who get questioned feel comfortable enough to make sincere efforts to answer for themselves.

http://www.ff.iij4u.or.jp/~yeelen/system/law/groat.gif

(Though a random Goat Generator would be fun!)

who are you fancying RIGHT NOW ?

so that the image is properly sized? Cheers.

I only went out to thee shops for a little while. What did I miss?