On Wednesday 18 February 2009 14:39:26 Raj Mathur wrote: > On Wednesday 18 Feb 2009, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > I was requested to forward this. If Vid has been moderated for > > defending women's rights, it is a sad thing and a blow against > > freedom. > > She was moderated for failing to voluntarily stop a flamewar.
there are just flame wars - and inconsequential ones. I personally feel that *any* moderation is unjustified and against freedom. She was standing up to what she perceived as sexist bullying - and when one stands up to bullies one cannot be all that restrained and polite. > Nothing > to do with women's rights, and no need to bring that particular issue > into this discussion. unfortunately that *is* the issue. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
