GCNA Showdown

[Ivana Olson]

I'm fairly certain I would have been banned as well had I not left my 
computer this morning. Perhaps it was to my benefit that my friend (who just 
moved into our neighborhood btw) has yet to hook up her internet access?

I agree that this censorship and banning of members is an overall abuse of 
power and needs to be dealt with.

Even if this mailing list is funded by the GCNA.. we are all members of the 
GCNA and therefore doesn't it belong to us? I haven't seen it writen 
anywhere that this forum belongs to one person and that person is allowed to 
do whatever with it.

I don't completely agree with some of the opinions of others on this group, 
but I would never condone them being kicked off the list for sharing their 
opinions or being themselves. One person can be an ass, another can point 
out that they are being an ass and the rest of us can roll our eyes and 
ignore it. That's America, that's freedom, that's what we're all about.

-Ivana


----Original Message Follows----
From: <ktoneal at cox.net>
Reply-To: central-city-discuss at gcna.info
To: central-city-discuss at gcna.info
Subject: Re: GCNA Showdown
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:29:53 -0700

Censorship is an extremely dangerous tool.  Many great American classics 
have been thought to be offensive and therefore wrongly censored. 
Huckleberry Finn for instance.  I'm not saying that what Brian and Michelle 
were writing was in anyway classical, however, their voices have been muted 
for what has not yet been proven to me to be appropriate. As for Jo, what 
exactly did she say that the list serve, other than Tyler, should find 
offensive? This shows to be a clear injustice.
Kt

---- mjfritz <mjfritz at cox.net> wrote:
 > Howdy neighbors!! I'm just getting home from work and trying to get 
caught up on our latest Friday GCNA Drama.
 > I'm with Wayne on this one....beats the hell out of TV!!
 >
 > With all due respect Tyler, as I've stated many times in the past, there 
are so many bigger issues in our little community other than this email.
 > This community needs to act as "one". The division of neighbors will 
never accomplish anything.
 >
 > I have Michelle's last transmission she attempted to send before she was 
cut off from the listserve.
 > Jo, Brian & Michelle have all been removed and I have been asked to share 
Michelle's final thoughts with the group.
 > I hope this agressive decision to remove them can be a little more 
thought out.
 >
 > Peace Ya'll!!
 >
 > Michelle Steinberg wrote:
 >
 > "I have to agree with Jo.  I cannot stand by and allow one person to make 
the decisions for a group with democratically elected leadership and 
governance.  You really do not have the authority to unilaterally decide 
whose posting you do not like and then censor them.
 >
 > And furthermore, let me remind you that you do not own the listserve nor 
do you pay for it.  It is a group effort that belongs to the members of the 
organization, paid for by the members and if you read your Robert's Rules, 
you will learn what the President's role is and it is not to act as judge 
and jury deciding what the rest of the members will be allowed to read on 
their listserve.
 >
 > I realize that I am one of the ones who has brought you to this decision 
and for that I am sorry, but please do not abuse your office in an effort to 
"protect" people from themselves.  We are more than capable of deciding what 
we should or should not read.  And whether you like it or not, rude, 
uncivilized ranting is still free speech."
 >
 > **********IF MICHELLE AND BRIAN ARE NOT ADDED BACK TO THIS LIST BY DAYS 
OUT, I WANT THE CONTACT INFORMATION TO GCNA'S LEGAL COUNSEL EMAILED TO THE 
LIST SERVE IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!!!!************


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