What is acceptable in TLUG?

Matt Seburn mattseburn-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Thu Jan 16 16:07:20 UTC 2014


On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 3:06 AM, Digimer <lists-5ZoueyuiTZiw5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> As others have said, this is not a free speech issue. It's not even a
> censorship issue.
>
> Those concepts pertain to government issues. If someone wants to spew
> terrible things like this in a public square and people argued that he
> should be arrested, then that would be a free speech issue. If the
> government says that people can't publish ideas like this, that is
> censorship. Even then, our society has placed limits ("yell fire in a
> theatre", publishing hate speech, etc).
>
> What this is, is a decision on how the administrators of this group wishes
> to shape this group. If the administration of TLUG decides that William's
> comments are fair game, that is their choice.
>
> So I would like to ask for a formal statement from TLUG on whether
> comments like William's are considered acceptable or not.
>
> Once this policy is stated, members can decide if they wish to support
> that policy by remaining members.
>


Thank you for starting this thread.  I agree with Dave, William's post was
absolutely sexual harassment and has no place here.  If the moderators
consider that kind of thing acceptable, I will be forced to leave TLUG.
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