At 09:21 1-2-02 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: >And it would be incredibly naive to say that it is not censorship for >the listowners to threaten JDG (or anyone else).
But it is not censorship. Censoring him means we would make it impossible for him to post something we disagree with. There are only two ways we could accomplish that: moderate his posts, or unsubscribe him. We did neither; the first one is even impossible as Brin-L is an unmoderated list. >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". But I am only a co-listowner of Brin-L, not a bank robber. When I draw a parallel with a police officer giving you a warning instead of a ticket, people start yelling "but you are not the police". I wonder if those same people will now start yelling "but Jeroen is not a bank robber". Probably not... :-( Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
