Re: [Paddlewise] Censorship

You just said what I feel, Ralph. Hell, if I want to be offensive and "jump the

(putative) barricades", I know all of your individual addresses. I am very
grateful
to Jackie for keeping the USS Paddlewise somewhat on course. I, too, am
irrationally
passionate about my hot-button causes and make frequent use of the internet to
act on them. There's a place for everything, and effective ways of expressing
them, other than
igniting flame wars amongst the choir. The focus on paddling is what this list
is about for me.

I find that supplying my congress-critters (same as George's, by the way) with
hard info about the
whaling issues has elicited positive responses from Liz Furse in person and the
staffs of
Gordon Smith and Ron Wyden. But the whaling issue needs broader exposure than
a paddling list can supply, so I blather on to any and all about the Makah
"hunt". Even the
Makahs I've spoken with tell me that there is considerable dissent over this
issue within the Makah
Nation, because of the overall repercussions of resumption of long-shore
whaling on an
international scale.

George, I would love to see the "censored" piece you wrote. Could you send it
to me at rkorn_at_europa.com?

Happy paddling to all,

Roger

rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com wrote:

> I for one support the fact that this is a semi-moderated list.  I
> applaud Jackie Fenton's effort to keep PaddleWise from deteriorating
> into a name calling diatribe.  (I recently quietly dropped out of
> another list when I saw such a nasty "contribution" aired and left
> largely unchallenged by the group.)
>
> Jackie has had to make the hard arbitrary choice of identifying words to
> flag that will slow down passage of any note to the full list containing
> those flagged words.  If you avoid such words and if you act civilly,
> you will not be "censored."  This group has groundrules not censorship.
> Call it a dress code if you want.  Or, better yet, in our own kayaking
> terms, a set of safety essentials to keep us all afloat in our
> discussions and avoiding capsize.  Because of these safety devices,
> generally the discussion level on this forum has been stellar and I have
> learned a lot.  I continue to feel free to contribute without the fear
> that someone will attack me and not my thoughts.
>
> ralph diaz
>
>
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