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On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 3:27 AM, Praveen A pravi.a@gmail.com wrote:
2009/2/18 Raj Mathur raju@linux-delhi.org:
May I ask why DAJ has been put on moderation?
He is making valid, cogent arguments in response to queries (and flames) that other list members have specifically been addressing to him. You and I may or may not agree with his point of view, but it is as valid or invalid as any other. To me, at least, DAJ comes across as a person holding a currently politically unpopular viewpoint, which has been repeatedly questioned, and making reasonable arguments for that POV. He does NOT come across as a person trumpeting a POV without provocation just for the sake of controversy.
+1
I also had disagreements with DAJ in the past and engaged in flamewars with him. But I do not agree with moderating here. As long as people address him and reply him, he has a right to respond to that. As long as people are engaging with him, he has every right to respond. If you don't want to see more mails, don't address him. If other members address him, that means they want a response and you cannot put DAJ under moderation, unless you put all members addressing him aslo under moderation.
I don't agree with everything he says, but I stand with for his right to speak up, his position when people ask him.
It's time the list admins/mods POV is made clear and the actions taken by us here.
We have put Dinesh Joshi on moderation after warning him and Vidya (Please note the lack of qualifier like Mr./Ms. etc). He continued to disregard the warning issued by Anurag and kept writing irrelevant mails in violations of the list guidelines.
As for the Vidya, we consider his/her behavior conceited and creepy. Her "assumption" that she was put on moderation and then unsubscribeing from the list by accusing list admins/mods of moderation does not speak well for her. Even more disgusting behavior is participating in the list discussion by use of "proxies".
In this regard even those proxies and middlemen have acted in violation of the list guidelines by posting non-member mails to the list. Please consider this as warning for these middlemen and proxies. Such behavior in future will attract moderation.
We - list admins and moderators - request again you all list members to abide by the list guidelines and maintain decency and decorum while participating in the discussions.
Please remember that with Freedom comes Responsibility. If you can not be responsible be prepared to loose your freedom. Take your pick.
- Praveen
With regards,