Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 12:35:47 -0500
To: marxism-AT-jefferson.village.virginia.edu
From: "Matt D." <afn02065-AT-afn.org>
Subject: Spoon policy on Lisa's purge proposal?


1  -Non-censorship Policy and General Info-

MARXISM is brought to you by the Spoon Collective, a group of Net citizens
devoted to free and open discussion of philosophical issues on the
Internet.  Based on the Collective's philosophy,

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT POSTS CONTAINING LANGUAGE OR DEALING WITH SUBJECT
MATTER THAT SOME MIGHT FIND OFFENSIVE MAY APPEAR ON THE LIST FROM TIME TO
TIME, AND SUCH POSTS WILL NOT BE CENSORED. 

All posts are distributed to the list without the contents being reviewed
or approved by anyone, there is no editor.  This does not mean that anyone
should try to be rude and disruptive. 

The 'no censorship' policy is intended to allow creative constructive
thought, by preventing anyone having the power to control the content of
the discussion.  Abuse of this policy distracts from real discussion, and
generally makes _the abuser_ look totally unconvincing, boorish, or worse. 
Please don't do it. 

At the same time, if certain posts trouble you and you cannot ignore them
or delete them without even reading them, please do not demand censorship
of anyone else.  The only 'social control' methods available within this
list are to post something responsive and _more_ reasonable, to refuse to
even reply to offending posts, or to unsub oneself. 

The self-regulatory mechanisms of the list include social/peer pressure,
desire to communicate one's ideas and care for one's reputation.  The
membership of the list is totally self-selected by individual decisions to
sub or unsub.



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