> From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 12:37:31PM -0200, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> 
> > So, the problem reduces to _defining_ what kind of
> > threats and c*nsorship is acceptable.
> > 
> > IMHO, if purely technical threats and c*nsorship
> > is what we want, then anyone can be a listowner. 
> 
> Of course.
> 
> > OTOH, if we wish to c*nsor name-calling, shouting,
> > harassment, etc, then the listowner must be a
> > semi-lurker [which would _also_ discredit Julia :-)]
> 
> I don't want this.
> 
> > That?s interesting, because here in Brazil when we
> > discuss c*nsorship in the TV and we want to come
> > to an example of a country where covert c*nsorship
> > exists, we cite the USA :-P
> 
> Hmmm. Would you care to explain?

Do you remember the protest riots (against globalism and the WTO) in San
Francisco awhile ago (1999?)?  I knew about it six months before it
happened.  I also know that what the media reported about the riots was
false and misleading.

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