Re: rough draft for changes at pkt - correction

[Trond Andresen <Trond.Andresen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Re my last message: Apologies to Bill, I really should have read Ric's
message more closely (seems that I am an example of a talkative preson
posting before I think. Oh well...). Ric says:

> ...If a subscriber goes over this amount,
> then I send them a nice little reminder. If they do it again, then I send
> them another reminder.

OK, so far.

> But if it happens a third time, then we put their
> name on a software filter that automatically restricts the number of
> messages they can send out.

No, no, no. I oppose the introduction of any bureaucratic or technical
mechanism which (even mildly) "blacklists" participants on PKT. The
unbridled freedom of expression given by such a list, as opposed to all
other media, is extremely valuable. IMO we don't fully appreciate the
historically new and "unheard-of" freedom of expression made possible
by the Internet. Instead we easily fall back to traditional
old-fashioned censorship-oriented thinking. What we should do is strive
to develop responsible behaviour, not invent "clever" and "moderate"
censorship mechanisms.

Trond Andresen

(who by this has posted two messages so far this week  :-) )