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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: Cogito who wrote (52520)10/29/2006 3:24:42 PM
From: Solon   of 90947
 
"Was that justified, or not?"

When most of us joined SI it was contracted that members could post one to another provided they complied with the virtual community regulations--also know as "terms of use". Segregation or censorship out of sheer prejudice was neither sanctioned nor contemplated.

As time went by certain radicals implored Admin. to allow them to enact their personal prejudices against members whom were not in violation of any of the terms of use. Why Admin. agreed to allow these radicals to exercise a personal prejudice against members is a question that I have no answer to. One of the Baboons of Ban suggested that people had a right to gated communities on SI. I don't follow this logic because gated communities are a privilege bought with money--and the virtual land of SI was already paid for and contracted by members.

So the question for me is not one of justification. The entire process caters to prejudice and caprice--and is quite outside of reason. The question for me is whether your banning was idiotic and ignorant. The answer is a loud YES.

The whole idea that grown men and women (and apparently sophisticated) should be banning one another smacks of puerile infantilism. It is quite a bad smell, really...
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