From: Paul Connors <pconnors <at> LUCENT <dot> COM>
Date: 26 may 1998
Subject: Re: The Fraudulent "Ishi Press" web site

Who gets to decide what is "shogi-related" and what is not?

Currently SHOGI-L is *not* a moderated list. There is no moderator. I would
prefer to keep it that way, so that no-one can decide for me what is
"shogi-related" and what is not. I prefer to have *no-one* deciding that *I*
should not see what offends *their* taste.

I am puzzled as to why Sam Sloan's posts cannot be regarded as "shogi-related".
They seem somewhat related to me -- not 100%, but not 0% either. But that's just
my opinion. I can understand why his postings might be viewed as tangential, or
upsetting, or annoying. But that would just be another opinion.

Please excuse this post also if you find it upsetting (and only
meta-shogi-related), but I find issues of proposed censorship (or moderation, or
whatever) very disturbing.

Can't people take a more robust view of life, and delete Sam Sloan's posts
*themselves* if they so choose? It would only take a few seconds out of their
life. If you don't like what he says, ignore it. Life will go on for everyone
just fine. Pre-censoring him by removing him from the list would be a
significantly violent act.

Paul Connors
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