<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV><STRONG>This has priobably been suggested so many times it will make you groan, but perhaps now is the time for an exl-politics list, as WTA has wta-politics. </STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>It would be more forthright to call such the "<EM>exl-wingnut list</EM>", but exl-politics would do.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>> ... But to rehearse the obvious, this list is not a public<BR>> square, yet anything posted here can be read by anyone on the planet now or<BR>> in the future. Since the list owners and most other transhumanists don't<BR>> wish to be associated with outrageous proposals to (say) nuke or poison all<BR>> the Muslims in the world or even in a given country, or to forcibly banish<BR>> blacks and other "non-white" people "back to their own countries", it is<BR>> very reasonable to step in and remove or block posts making such<BR>> suggestions--even as thought experiments. If only on the same grounds that<BR>> one is well advised not to make bomb jokes while boarding a plane.<BR><BR>Sorry, but I can't agree with that. The list owners and participants<BR>are free to state publicly that they disagree with or find offensive<BR>anything posted to the list. Removing messages from the archives is<BR>censorship and indicates
weakness on behalf of the owners/moderators<BR>because it suggests that their pets ideas aren't viable on a level<BR>playing field.<BR><BR>I'm OK with blocking users who continually disrupt the list by posting<BR>spam, gibberish, personal attacks, etc. But I really don't think<BR>merely "offensive" ideas should be discouraged.<BR><BR>Anyone ever read A Modest Proposal?<BR><BR>-Dave<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>extropy-chat mailing list<BR><A href="http://us.mc599.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" ymailto="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</A><BR><A href="http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat" target=_blank>http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat</A><BR></DIV></td></tr></table><br>