[PEN-L:8266] Re: Re: Wither Report

["Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Some people are not content with their own right to express their own views,
they need institutional help to suppress other views in the name of freedom.



Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:

> Max wrote:
> >"If you don't like it, why not leave?" some might
> >ask.  Well fuck you.  If you don't want a diverse
> >list, you can leave.  To me PEN-L is a bit like a
> >public utility; no narrow point of view has
> >exclusive rights to it.
> >
> >I have lately avoided directly engaging others who
> >can't hold up a civil exchange and will continue to
> >do so, but I have to say the general climate on PEN-L
> >is deteriorating.  It's not enough to warn people
> >who directly address or refer to other individuals.
> >If this is not going to be a nasty, sectarian
> >M-L list, moderation has to be more moderating.
>
> Oh, c'mon, Max. Give Mike Perelman a break. As far as I can see, we got
> exceedingly staid threads on 'info revo' and mass transit and not much else
> at present.
>
> Yoshie