On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 01:54:37AM -0500, Eileen Tan wrote:

> Posting the warning onlist was harsh, and I sincerely apologize for
> that.

Actually, that is the only thing that I am glad you did. Let me explain.
If there is going to be threats and censorship (direct or indirect) by
the listowners, I damn well want to know about it so that I can be out
the door. The only thing that scares me more than overt censorship is
the kind of covert, behind-the-scenes censorship practiced in countries
like China.

And it would be incredibly naive to say that it is not censorship for
the listowners to threaten JDG (or anyone else). I can hear Jeroen now,
"but JDG wasn't banned, just warned". So said the man pointing the gun
at the bank teller, "I didn't shoot her, I just politely asked for the
money".


-- 
"Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>       http://www.erikreuter.com/

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