Hi Sanil and others,

I haven't given up yet. I would be happy to join Geedha's list but I
still hope greenyouth could do away with moderation -- the kind that
does not involve any mutual understanding between the moderator and
the moderated.

I believe such moderation only helps in adding to the bitterness (of
the moderated), and destructive in general. The bitterness will surely
show in other spaces as well, as we have already seen happening here.

Moderating the first mail to avoid spam, having a talk with an author
about her/his style or requesting one to rephrase or reorganize.. I
find all that reasonable. But if moderation leads to confrontation,
the only good thing that has come out of it is that many people who
were silent otherwise, especially women, have spoken out. Most of them
against the moderation.

With hope that the confrontation ends soon,

   -sudeep


On 10/1/07, sanil v <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> If there is one person on this list who is totally
> confused about the distinction between moderation and
> censorship it is the moderator. The fact that so many
> people who posted here disagreed with his action
> should have made him open his eyes. But we have
> failed. Now he has resorted to racists -like
> generalisations about the malayalees genetic inability
> to agree with him. At this stage arguments and debates
> are ineffective. I am giving up. So many have already
> given up and explored other avenues.
>
> By the way: is he the only moderator of this list? Who
> are the others? What do they say on this issue?
>
> To dilip: on his cleverly posed question.
>
> No one in this list needs my support. Everyone is
> capable of defending her/himself. I only opposed an
> unjustified moderation.
>
> sanil

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