[WEB4LIB] Response to "Censoring Roy" at Web4lib

[John Harvey]

Albert J. Pinto wrote:

> Dear Censoring Roy: You may be something of an interpretive king for the
> library community...   
> 
	<snip>

in response to:

> > This message is in violation of the Web4Lib Posting Policy at:
> 
	<snip>

which was itself in response to:

> > Frater Albertus Magnus For A Third Millenium Pluralism...Universality!
> >
> > ATG News: Albertus Magnus CD-Rom, AlbertTheGreat.Com, and a
> > Cyber-Christendom Cruise-aid...
> 
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It strikes me that this is not a matter of censorship at all. Mr. Pinto's
original message seemed to have not even a tangential relationship to the
clearly stated mission of this list, which, the last time I checked, was to
provide an open forum for those in the library and information sciences
field to discuss issues related to the Internet as it affects our chosen
field, whether in a public, academic, corporate, or governmental setting.

Although Mr. Pinto's site does provide three small "samples" of undoubtedly
significant scholarly works, it is essentially a commercial site whose only
purpose seems to be to sell a product.

If Mr. Pinto wishes to promote his wares, he is obviously free to do so, but
this is not the appropriate place.

John C Harvey
Irving Public Library
jharvey at irving.lib.tx.us