Objection to endless censorship threads

[Charles P. Hobbs]

On Sun, 8 Jun 1997, Beth DeGeer wrote:

> Hi all:
> 
> I have about five minutes to read email during my workday.  I subscribed
> to this list and was very happy for a long time at finding answers to my
> technical questions concerning my duties as webmaster.
> 
> In the last few months I have had to delete endless messages regarding
> the ongoing debate about webfiltering and censorship.  While these
> topics are certainly pertinent to the list, they just go on and on, and
> I don't think very constructively.

It's a "hot topic", and sometimes people get bent out of shape. . .
> 
> Has anyone reconsidered their opinions about filtering or censoring the
> net thanks to these constant threads?  If so, then great.  Maybe most
> list members find these discussions stimulating and enlightening.  I
> don't see that they go anywhere.
> 
It's probably important enough to warrant its own list, due to the amount
of traffic on this subject. . .