> 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.
