Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:01:24 -0400
From: "Bosco - Goanet Volunteer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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There is a fair amount of outright falsehoods expressed here from time to time.
I dont see you "single-handedly correcting all of them in the interests of
fairness and the truth". Does that mean at those times truth be damned or are
you plain hypocritical??
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Mario responds:
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Bosco,
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Thanks for bringing this up.
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As you well know, I am not the ombudsman for Goanet. If you and the other
moderators see an obvious falsehood, don't you think you should flag those
posts and return them for re-consideration?
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I have made the point repeatedly that Goanetters need not be interested in
every post, analyze every post or get involved in every discussion.
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If a topic is not of interest to me and I happen to scan its contents, I may
not even know that there is a falsehood involved.
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However, when it comes to the anti-American propaganda being posted by a small
number of determined and persistent Goanetters, many of whom do not even live
in the US yet pretend a knowledge of the US that is clearly bogus, where I
clearly see the falsehoods, I am obviously inclined to post a correction.
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Bosco wrote:
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You are abusing your right to Free Speech here!!
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Mariuo responds:
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Why don't you tell your friends whose falsehoods I correct that they are
abusing free speech?
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Even for them, I don't deny their right to post calumnies and falsehoods. I
simply restrict myself to correcting their falsehoods.
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That's precisely how free speech is supposed to work.
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Free speech is not addressed by censoring it.
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Bosco wrote:
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While you believe you have a right to speak-out "single-handedly
correcting all of them in the interests of fairness and the truth", you dont
think other Goanetters have a right to express themselves about topics of
interest?
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Mario responds:
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This is a false and specious comment. As I have said above, I have never
objected to anyone's right to post calumnies and falsehoods. I restrict myself
to correcting them.
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Bosco continues:
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That's rather spurious commentary from one who just lectured the
rest of us on "people in history gave their lives to ensure free speech".
More hypocrisy. And ofcourse you will want to respond and add to that
hypocrisy.
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Mario responds:
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False, as I have demonstrated above because I have never denied anyone's free
speech. You have built a straw man.
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a) You have failed to point out any spurious commentary
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b) You have also failed to identify any hypocrisy
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Bosco wrote:
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If you guys are going to go on endlessly on OFF-TOPIC posts, do not expect
any explanations with your rejections.
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Mario responds:
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How does what any Goanetter has written lead in any logical way to a threat by
a moderator like yourself to exclude an explanation for a rejection?
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