Chuq Von Rospach wrote:
> You have a responsibilty to provide a place where your members feel
> safe congregating, or you're abusing YOUR responsibility as a host.
> Plain and simple.
>
> Jeez.
I appreciate that you prefer to run your lists on that basis, but I
resent somewhat the implication that this is a universal truth, and that
those of us who disagree are therefore somehow acting unethically.
Being safe and/or comfortable is entirely in the eye of the beholder; if
the people on my lists feel offended or threatened -- for whatever
reason -- their recourse is very simple: they may attempt to convince
others of the rectitude of their position, or they can leave the list.
This is remarkably self-regulating; if enough people leave the list
because they are offended or threatened, or simply annoyed, it usually
just fails, and someone starts up a better-regulated one on the same
topic elsewhere, and the remaining handful of people can continue to
exchange flames or personal threats or whatever to their heart's
content.
In a place as massively pluralistic as the Internet, voting with one's
feet works very well.
--
Michael C. Berch
mcb@postmodern.com / mcb@greatcircle.com
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