[Imc-aotearoa-ed] re: Indymedia - strange kind of censorship

[clare h]

Dear Don,

I am writing to you as a member of the aotearoa indymedia editorial team.

Please understand that we are all volunteers and are not always able to reply 
to emails straight away. This does not mean we consider the issue unimportant.
This also means that most of us are quite unable to travel to New Plymouth (i 
wish i could, unfortunately i am stuck in Dunedin).

We did not say we did not believe you, we were simply asking for more 
information. This was not to belittle your concerns, but an acknowledgement 
of the seriousness of the issue. 

Further, given that several indymedia centres around the world have recently 
been sued for defamation, it is perfectly reasonable for us to be concerned 
about people suing against us too. Aotearoa indymedia simply could not 
sustain the financial burden of a defamation suit; we are not a commercial 
operation, we run off donations and people volunteering. 

Please note that your post re: arnost wratislav was not removed. We simply 
had a discussion about the post during which more information was requested. 

You can review the discussion here: 
http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-aotearoa-ed/2002-August/thread.html 


I hope this email adresses your concerns,

regards,

Clare