It's easy. You don't want to read someone's posts, just use the block sender 
function that can be found on most mail programmes.

Someone, years ago, on MOPO sent me an email and told me they were doing just 
that because of something I said that offended them.

For all I know, most of MOPO might block my email messages via MOPO (or 
anywhere else for that matter).

It's called "self censorship" if you like. Like the delete key or the 
"off"switch for other media/use. Or take note of discretionary advice on film 
ratings, whatever.

Take it from someone who used to live under one of the most draconian of 
censorship regimes (political and all the arts) and yes, I mean Australia.... 
censorship and banning is NOT the way to go - as we are learning yet again, 
under what is supposed to be an "enlightened" "liberal" centre-Left government.

Scarey times.

Phil
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: [email protected] 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 1:24 PM
  Subject: [MOPO] OT OKAY HOW MUCH TIME IS APPROPRIATE?


    
  GUYS,
  I agree with Franc 101% in his comment below.   Yes Rod was ghoulish, 
distasteful and almost shocking in posting such memorabilia mere hours after 
Jackson dying.  (Others may have felt it was scalding black humor  especially 
given how the Mexican Bordertown the quality of his buttons) But banning an 
individual for poor judgement and behavior only creates our own version of the 
OX BOW INCIDENT.   And truly how much time IS appropriate before posting 
memorabilia of a dead celebrity?   I presently have a couple of rolled Farrah 
Fawcett  posters from the 1970's  that came with a collection of 70's  posters? 
  I just got  through shooting them and then she rudely up and died.   Now I 
ask,  should I wait a day,  a week,  a month?     Did everyone pull listings 
off Ebay of their JAWS posters when Roy Scheider died?   Who here didn't 
snicker at a "what wood doesn't float some 30 years ago?"  Or when one found 
out Ronald Reagan died who among us didn't  wonder out loud  "How could you 
tell?"...........never mind the infamous  "Teddy I think I'm 
pregnant......We'll  we'll cross that bridge when we get there or finally 
lighting a match stick then zig-zagging in front of you ...LOOK RICHARD PRYOR 
ON FIRE.   Hell!  Mr. Pryor himself LOVED that joke and used it to brilliant 
effect in his post-freebase concerts.  

  No, outlawing poor taste on MOPO is wrong because then only outlaws will have 
poor taste  or taste bad.........good grief I sound like GW43.


  In a message dated 6/25/2009 4:49:10 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 
[email protected] writes:
    As for the Mexican lobby card king, I don't agree at all with what he said. 
It was tacky and tasteless but I disagree even more with those who think 
censorship is the way to go. We live in America, not Iran. If you feel strongly 
about it, don't bother opening this guy's e-mails. 

    FRANC


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