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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Constant Reader who wrote (165)5/31/2005 1:47:52 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) of 541929
 
It appears that one poster has already been banned for pointing to a news story that contradicts an opinion advanced by the thread monitor. It seems to me that that is not a good sign.


But, as you point out, it is fairly typical SI behavior.

Moderators have absolute power to ban whomever they wish to for any or no reason. And we know the result of absolute power, don't we? However well intentioned people SI thread moderators start out, and I think many have indeed started out with the best intentions, in the end it is virtually inevitable that even the most well meant statement such as "Civil discussion and thoughtful analysis are welcome" fall prey to personal dislikes.

Whether that happened in the case of Brumar89 we won't know unless the moderator explains why the ban was imposed, for what post(s), and the specific problem with the post(s). But the history of SI moderating and banning isn't encouraging.

We will see how it works here.
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