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From: Geo. Bergeron <heritage_at_europa.com>
subject: [Paddlewise] Censorship
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 18:10:35 -0700
	I've posted twice a satirical reply to Bob Denton's tongue in cheek "Glue"
post. Satire strives to make a point by hyperbolizing issues to the point
of absurdity. It seems obvious to me that my post is satirical. The post is
not racist nor pornographic and seeks to make what I think is an important
point about the politics that go on in this group. 

	So why the apparent censorship? Who's doing the censoring? And who
appointed this person as the overseer of what we as adults get to post and
read?

	I'm annoyed. 

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From: Bob Myers <bob_at_intelenet.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Censorship
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 19:22:43 -0700
On Jul 30, 18:10, "Geo. Bergeron" wrote:
> Subject: [Paddlewise] Censorship
> I've posted twice a satirical reply to Bob Denton's tongue in cheek "Glue"
> post. Satire strives to make a point by hyperbolizing issues to the point
> of absurdity. It seems obvious to me that my post is satirical. The post is
> not racist nor pornographic and seeks to make what I think is an important
> point about the politics that go on in this group. 
> 
> 	So why the apparent censorship? Who's doing the censoring? And who
> appointed this person as the overseer of what we as adults get to post and
> read?
> 
> 	I'm annoyed. 

Go cool off, George.  

Paddlewise is a "semi-moderated" list.  It says so right in the info file
you received every time you've signed up - and I know you've received it
several times, as you keep unsubscribing whenever something new annoys you
again.

The Paddlewise list was set up because of excessive mailing list abuse
on Wave~Length.  The idea was that a semi-moderated list was necessary
to cut down on the flames, particularly (but by no means exclusively)
the Tim Ingram Sponson flames.

What does semi-moderated mean? It means that *most* postings go
through immediately, but some get held back *for review* by the
listowner, Jackie Fenton.  Most messages that are held for review are
approved (I think) eventually, but it does depend on her availability
and whether or not her computer is up.  She really isn't on the
computer 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, just to make sure your
*possibly* offensive or inflammatory posting goes through immediately
The computer is spectacularly bad at recognizing sarcasm.

In addition to this, it is beyond reasonable to call "censorship" for
any email message that has not been delivered for a day; most machines
will try for a full *5* days to deliver mail.  That means that you can
occasionally (rarely) get delays that long or very rarely even longer.

So cool off and stop the "censorship" accusation already, or go start
your *own* paddling mailing list.  Jackie appointed *herself*
moderator of this list, and whether you know it or not, you've
endorsed her position by *using* her list - this is not a public forum.
Jackie (and me, and my company) spend time & resources giving you
access to this *private* forum, and if you don't like it, go take your
marbles and play somewhere else.

I'm sure Jackie would not mind *polite* questions about why any message
has or has not gotten through, but this kind of automatic public accusation,
*especially* on a well-known semi-moderated list, is extremely rude.

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And since you obviously have lost the info file for Paddlewise, here 
it is again.  PLEASE *READ* *IT* THIS TIME!!!!


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From: Geo. Bergeron <heritage_at_europa.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Censorship
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 20:31:31 -0700
At 07:22 PM 7/30/98 -0700, you wrote:
>On Jul 30, 18:10, "Geo. Bergeron" wrote:
>> Subject: [Paddlewise] Censorship
>> I've posted twice a satirical reply to Bob Denton's tongue in cheek "Glue"
>> post. Satire strives to make a point by hyperbolizing issues to the point
>> of absurdity. It seems obvious to me that my post is satirical. The post is
>> not racist nor pornographic and seeks to make what I think is an important
>> point about the politics that go on in this group. 
>> 
>> 	So why the apparent censorship? Who's doing the censoring? And who
>> appointed this person as the overseer of what we as adults get to post and
>> read?
>> 
>> 	I'm annoyed. 
>
>Go cool off, George.  
>
>Paddlewise is a "semi-moderated" list.  It says so right in the info file
>you received every time you've signed up - and I know you've received it
>several times, as you keep unsubscribing whenever something new annoys you
>again.
>
>The Paddlewise list was set up because of excessive mailing list abuse
>on Wave~Length.  The idea was that a semi-moderated list was necessary
>to cut down on the flames, particularly (but by no means exclusively)
>the Tim Ingram Sponson flames.
>
>What does semi-moderated mean? It means that *most* postings go
>through immediately, but some get held back *for review* by the
>listowner, Jackie Fenton.  Most messages that are held for review are
>approved (I think) eventually, but it does depend on her availability
>and whether or not her computer is up.  She really isn't on the
>computer 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, just to make sure your
>*possibly* offensive or inflammatory posting goes through immediately
>The computer is spectacularly bad at recognizing sarcasm.
>
>In addition to this, it is beyond reasonable to call "censorship" for
>any email message that has not been delivered for a day; most machines
>will try for a full *5* days to deliver mail.  That means that you can
>occasionally (rarely) get delays that long or very rarely even longer.
>
>So cool off and stop the "censorship" accusation already, or go start
>your *own* paddling mailing list.  Jackie appointed *herself*
>moderator of this list, and whether you know it or not, you've
>endorsed her position by *using* her list - this is not a public forum.
>Jackie (and me, and my company) spend time & resources giving you
>access to this *private* forum, and if you don't like it, go take your
>marbles and play somewhere else.
>
>I'm sure Jackie would not mind *polite* questions about why any message
>has or has not gotten through, but this kind of automatic public accusation,
>*especially* on a well-known semi-moderated list, is extremely rude.
>
>----------------------------
>
>And since you obviously have lost the info file for Paddlewise, here 
>it is again.  PLEASE *READ* *IT* THIS TIME!!!!
>

	OK . . . everyone read my question. I could be entirely wrong, but I feel
it's   entirely polite and reasonable. Just for the record. The question of
censorship involves the entire group, and so I addressed the entire group.

	Now read the response from Bob Meyers. It seems apparent to me (and again
I could be entirely wrong) that Meyers' reply is abrasive and inflammatory.
I think it's uncalled for, and I'm greatly put off by these petty attacks. 

	Just for the record. I reserve the right to be controversial. I suppose
there's a filter in the system for such dangerous terms as "Nazi,"
"Marxist," "stooge," "fascist," and god forbid "sponson." Further, let me
go on record as stating that these terms don't threaten my Weltanschauung.

	This might come as a huge shock to you. . . I don't keep close tabs on all
the policy statements of all the groups I subscribe to online. No,
paddlewise is NOT the center of my cosmos. 

	You may flame me to your heart's desire. Better flames than restricted
speech. 


	

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Oswego Heritage Council
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From: Jackie Fenton <jackie_at_intelenet.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Censorship
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 19:33:55 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Geo. Bergeron" <heritage_at_europa.com>
> 
> 	I've posted twice a satirical reply to Bob Denton's tongue in cheek "Glue"
> post. Satire strives to make a point by hyperbolizing issues to the point
> of absurdity. It seems obvious to me that my post is satirical. The post is
> not racist nor pornographic and seeks to make what I think is an important
> point about the politics that go on in this group. 
> 
> 	So why the apparent censorship? Who's doing the censoring? And who
> appointed this person as the overseer of what we as adults get to post and
> read?

You are fully aware that this list is semi-moderated.  Certain
key words are filtered to prevent degradation of this list and
off-topic postings as well as commercial postings, spam, and
subscribe/unsubscribe messages.  You accepted these terms when you 
subscribed to this list.  The charter is clear on this point.
Bounced messages are monitored and if they are paddling related
and do not fall into any of the above categories, they are 
released.  This morning, my machine crashed and I have only in the 
last hour got it up and running again and am just now trying to get 
through all my email with date stamps that are totally screwed up.  
I have not been able to get to any bounced messages yet and you 
would have been so informed had you bothered to direct your 
administrative question to the list adminsitrator.

I have asked you this before, George, and repeat this request... 
when you have an administrative question/issue, please send the
message to me and not to the entire list.  You know who your
listowner is, George.

> 	I'm annoyed. 

Yeah and I hear from those that are annoyed because there isn't
*enough* filtering.  :-p

Jackie
Listowner
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From: Jackie Fenton <jackie_at_intelenet.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Censorship
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 21:26:28 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Geo. Bergeron" <heritage_at_europa.com>

<snip>

> 	Just for the record. I reserve the right to be controversial. I 
> suppose there's a filter in the system for such dangerous terms as "Nazi,"
> "Marxist," "stooge," "fascist," and god forbid "sponson." Further, let me
> go on record as stating that these terms don't threaten my Weltanschauung.
>
> 	This might come as a huge shock to you. . . I don't keep close tabs 
> on all the policy statements of all the groups I subscribe to online. No,
> paddlewise is NOT the center of my cosmos. 

> 	You may flame me to your heart's desire. Better flames than restricted
> speech. 


Unless you get to be the one to decide what annoys you and therefore,
should be restricted, right George?....(see included)


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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 09:45:47 -0800 (PST)
To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
From: "Geo. Bergeron, Oswego Heritage Council" <heritage_at_europa.com>
Subject: [Paddlewise] STOP THE INSANITY!!!

        Personally, I moved to PaddleWise to get away from the %&*$ #$_at_%
sponson debate. So how come it's being dragged along? Do we need a new
listserver called "SponsonDump" were this pointless debate can go to die? 

        STOP ALREADY!!! 

 George Bergeron, Director '99  OSWEGO HERITAGE COUNCIL                 
 P.O. Box 1041, Lake Oswego, Oregon 97034       
 http://www.europa.com/~heritage/welcome.html  Email: heritage_at_europa.com      
  

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From: Bob Myers <bob_at_intelenet.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Censorship
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 21:39:01 -0700
On Jul 30, 20:31, "Geo. Bergeron" wrote:
} Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Censorship
> At 07:22 PM 7/30/98 -0700, you wrote:
> 
> OK . . . everyone read my question. I could be entirely wrong, but I feel
> it's   entirely polite and reasonable. Just for the record. The question of
> censorship involves the entire group, and so I addressed the entire group.
> 
> Now read the response from Bob Meyers. It seems apparent to me (and again
> I could be entirely wrong) that Meyers' reply is abrasive and inflammatory.
> I think it's uncalled for, and I'm greatly put off by these petty attacks. 

Oh for heaven's sake.  You *know* you're attacking the list owner's
policies if you start complaining about "censorship". Don't play dumb,
you're smarter than that.  You knew *very* well who runs this list
and sets list policy.  Stupid rhetorical attacks like that won't fly.

And you misspelled my name, too.

> Just for the record. I reserve the right to be controversial. I suppose
> there's a filter in the system for such dangerous terms as "Nazi,"
> "Marxist," "stooge," "fascist," and god forbid "sponson." Further, let me
> go on record as stating that these terms don't threaten my Weltanschauung.

Don't I recall you saying that you moved to Paddlewise to get away from
the sponson debate?  It was stopped on Paddlewise only through *censorship*
of the sponson discussion.

Anyway, your message just hit the automatic delay filters, it wasn't
permanently censored. Your message was posted eventually.

> This might come as a huge shock to you. . . I don't keep close tabs on all
> the policy statements of all the groups I subscribe to online. No,
> paddlewise is NOT the center of my cosmos. 

Nevertheless, your complete ignorance of list policy is no one's fault
but your own.  If you can't pay attention, it's your own fault, and you're
going to get flamed for it if you start attacking others.

> You may flame me to your heart's desire. Better flames than restricted
> speech. 

Guess you should go back to an unmoderated list instead, then.  Why 
are you posting here?  Because you *like* restricted speech - within
limits.  Stop playing dumb.

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From: Jackie Fenton <jackie_at_intelenet.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Censorship
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 22:03:41 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> Don't I recall you saying that you moved to Paddlewise to get away from
> the sponson debate?  It was stopped on Paddlewise only through *censorship*
> of the sponson discussion.


Actually, the sponson discussion was censored on WaveLength, not PaddleWise.
This was *the* reason PaddleWise was established, so that we could discuss 
*all* paddling related topics, some controversial, without rancor or flaming.  
And it was on PaddleWise that we were able to discuss sponsons quite
openly and successfully for the *first* time.  For those interested in this 
discussion, see:

http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/articles/sponson.html

It was a truly refreshing discussion! :-)

Cheers,

Jackie
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From: R. Walker <rww_at_mailbox.neosoft.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Censorship
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 01:51:47 +0000
> Actually, the sponson discussion was censored on WaveLength, not PaddleWise.
> This was *the* reason PaddleWise was established, so that we could discuss 
> *all* paddling related topics, some controversial, without rancor or flaming.  
> And it was on PaddleWise that we were able to discuss sponsons quite

Speaking of the dread sp***on idea.  I was in Toys-R-US a few
weeks ago, and noticed this big pool noodle.  My first reaction
was, what a great, cheap way to add solid floatation to a kayak
with no forward bulkhead, then I think, *no*, this is a great
resting float for freediving from a kayak, then I think *NONO*,
this is a $6 sponson!  Cut it in two pieces, add some shock
cord, and walla, instant strap on sponsons for getting back
in the kayak after having dived myself to exhaustion!!!

Needless to say, I got one.  For $6 how could I not get one.
Now its in my closet awaiting the coming of fall, and a 
return to the water.  Who knows, maybe it will end up being
an even wierder device once I get offshore.


Richard Walker
Houston, TX
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From: Jackie Fenton <jackie_at_intelenet.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Censorship
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 22:20:58 -0700 (PDT)
Apologies for responding directly to my *own* message... 8-}

> From: Jackie Fenton <jackie_at_intelenet.net>

> > 
> > Don't I recall you saying that you moved to Paddlewise to get away from
> > the sponson debate?  It was stopped on Paddlewise only through *censorship*
> > of the sponson discussion.
> 
> 
> Actually, the sponson discussion was censored on WaveLength, not PaddleWise.
> This was *the* reason PaddleWise was established, so that we could discuss 
> *all* paddling related topics, some controversial, without rancor or flaming.  
> And it was on PaddleWise that we were able to discuss sponsons quite
> openly and successfully for the *first* time.  For those interested in this 
> discussion, see:
> 
> http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/articles/sponson.html


I understand what you mean, now (sorry, Bob).  Yes, Tim Ingram *was*
censored on PaddleWise so that we could openly discuss sponsons in a 
sane and productive manner on PaddleWise (whereas the topic of sponsons 
had been issued a "no-discussion" moratorium on WaveLength).  

Cheers,

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From: <rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Censorship
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 08:52:30 -0700
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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From: Roger Korn <rkorn_at_europa.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Censorship
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 07:30:21 -0700
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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From: <dldecker_at_mediaone.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Censorship
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 15:19:24 -0400
At 08:52 AM 7/31/98 -0700, 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. 

Me too!! keep up the good work List Mom!! Jackie for president!!!!!!!!

Dana
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From: Michael R Noyes <mnoyes_at_gsinet.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Censorship
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1998 19:18:27 -0400
dldecker_at_mediaone.net wrote:
Snip


>  keep up the good work List Mom!!--

Lost MOM?!?

I'll bet she's too young to be mine!!

Mike

    Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are
visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great
blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a
mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your
passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space.
Mark H Hunt


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From: Jackie Fenton <jackie_at_intelenet.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Censorship
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 09:45:34 -0700 (PDT)
>
> From: Roger Korn <rkorn_at_europa.com>

> 
> 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

Hi Roger,

You have probably already seen it.  Like almost all paddling-related 
bounced messages, George's was released.  It's under the title "Glue?" 
and was sent to the list yesterday as soon as I found it. 

btw, I forgot to add, another frequent source of bounces is changes
in email addresses.  Sometimes a subscriber's email address change
is so slight, they don't even notice.  But when they try to post to
the list, their message bounces because majordomo does not recognize
the email address (another filter to prohibit spam).  When I catch it,
I release the message and add that subcriber's new email address to an
"aliases" file so they can post from that email address (won't receive
email to that account, though).  This is very beneficial because a lot
of you (including myself) have slight variations in our email addresses
(different machine names cause this sometimes).  

Hope I've covered all scenarios so that you realize if you don't see
your message, doesn't necessarily mean it was permanently filtered.

Cheers,

Jackie
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From: <outdoors_at_biddeford.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Censorship
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 18:13:59 -0400
At 08:52 AM 7/31/98 -0700, 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 agree with Ralph.  I was on Wavelength for quite a while back in '95 and
'96 and the flaming got very tiresome.  After months and months of sponson
non-debate between Tim sponson-man, John Winters, and others that at times
seemed to die down only to be re-ignited on a whim, I had enough and left
the list, never to look back.  I, for one, think Jackie is quite liberal in
what she lets be posted.  I would think that if George feels the censorship
too heavy here, Wavelength is the right place for him.
			Bill Ridlon
			Southern Maine Sea Kayaking Network

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From: Mark Zen <canoeist_at_netbox.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Censorship
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 17:58:53 -0600
At 15:19 7/31/98 -0400, dldecker_at_mediaone.net wrote:
>
>At 08:52 AM 7/31/98 -0700, 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. 
>
>Me too!! keep up the good work List Mom!! Jackie for president!!!!!!!!
>
>Dana

jackie gets my vote as well. she runs a good list, and largely goes unthanked
for it --- so here's my thanks for a great list

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