Re: Re: Moderation vs Censorship

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Gail: this info has been in our files and was automatically sent to new

subscribers. However, the leadership of the other group has decided they

don't want to mutually cooperate with us. This was not my idea, but now I

think it's all for the best. Let's keep them there and us here .

I did send Gail this info off list.

on 11/4/2002 10:13 AM, GAIL MCDONALD at zorkzoom@... wrote:

> How do I subscribed to this other CR group? I didn't know it existed and

> would like to take a look at it, and their recipe file. Thanks.

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: Tim Tyler

> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 5:23 AM

>

> Subject: [ ] Re: Moderation vs Censorship

>

> --- " Suzanne Cart " <massuz@c...> wrote:

>

> ``A few words about " censoring " vs. " moderating " the CR Support

> List, since I've become aware that this is an issue for some folks,

> who actually think that freely belonging to a " moderated " list

> somehow imposes upon their essential freedoms as American citizens.

> (Duh. Yes, I know this sounds pretty bizarre, but some people are

> actually bitching along these lines, instead of withdrawing their

> membership from the list, which they are also free to do!)''

>

> I believe the issue mainly revolves around one rejected post -

> by Cavanaugh.

>

> He wrote:

>

> This morning I posted a message to her

> list to encourage people there to look at our recipe

> site and possibly contribute to our effort here and

> gave a link to Lynn /Joe C's message. I also

> provided a link to our recipe site so members there

> could look at what we have there, meager as it may be

> for now. Francesca Skelton makes no effort to inform

> CRONies of the many wonderful things we have to offer

> them.

>

> In return, Francesca sent me a very nasty e-mail

> saying that my message was insulting to her group and

> their efforts to amass a cookbook of their own. I

> checked her group site to see if there was any

> response to my message only to find that it had not

> been posted to her list. I personally find that very

> offensive and want the CR community to know that

> Francesca Skelton apparently runs a censored e-mail

> list where CRON information is not freely exchanged.

>

> She apparently wants a captive audience where she can

> espouse her own version of CR and I think it important

> that members of her group are made aware that CRON

> information to them is being filtered and/or outright

> denied. Since CRON is an experiment in humans at this

> point, she has absolutely no right to experiment (as I

> see it) with the lives and health of members in her

> group. I encourage other members of CR Society to

> post information to her group to make them aware of

> the assets that are available to them here.

>

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