On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 06:51:11AM -0000, Frank LeFever wrote: > --- In NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Alex Steinberg" <alexthe@...> > wrote: > > Why not simply acknowledge that this person has nothing in common > > with Pacifica principles and get him off the list? > > I would hesitate to judge a person. I think it is safer and more > just to judge specific behaviors. Regardless of whether > it's "sincere" but "deluded" or calculated and rewarded (by JUC > approval or by COINTELPRO money), repetitive accusations or > exhortations that displace and obscure messages by others can be > judged harmful to the stated purpose of the listserver membership. > > It's "free speech" in the same way that MiMi's refusing to > relinquishing the mic so that others waiting in line can have their > turn (in LSB "public comment") is "free speech". The way an > aggressive loudmouth overiding a soft-spoken and shy person's > attempt to enter a conversaton is "free speech". > > It is not a denial of "free speech" to set a limit on the number of > messages one p;erson can post in a 24-hour period; failure to set a > reasonable limit is a denial of free speech to others. Technically > speaking, someone else could "compete" and post a message, but > that's like a tree falling in a deserted forest if the audience has > left the forum. With so much noise, no one expects a signal, and > most will give up on looking for one. > > Get it? Free speech in a desert is not free speech. Free speech > without an audience is not free speech. Free speech too deeply > buried in garbage is not free speech. > > Things to be learned in kindergarten: SHARE. Don't take up more > than your fair share. Leave some space for others. > > --Frank Well spoken, Frank! David New Pacifica Working Group http://www.egroups.com/group/NewPacifica 'Save Our Stations!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewPacifica/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: NewPacifica-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/