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

[clare h]

this is one of two emails i got today. 
we need to sort this out.

clare

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Subject: Re: Indymedia - strange kind of censorship
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 19:54:31 +1200
From: "dsarten" <dsarten@ihug.co.nz>
To: "clare h" <clare@animal-liberation.org.nz>

Dear Clare,
OUTSTANDING!!!  I Love you!!  Let me be perfectly clear, I am standing
absolutely firm on all charges and have solid evidence including witnesses
and secret tape recordings. Appreciate totally the concerns taking on what
is in effect the US Army in disguise, hence also the shame in my former
country. I have safegaurded all info in case I have and "accident" and you
are not to be afraid or intimidated, ask Mr. Wishart. he knows I am on the
level.
Glad to have heard from you, thank you.
Your a life saver as litterally as Dow has committed terrorist acts and the
rest. I wish to know of any legal threats or otherwise immediately, and
anyone can be directed to the New Plymouth Agent Orange Dump,,  aka     my
home. It must be closed, and they must be made to pay. end of story.
dk
cleaning up the mess
-----Original Message-----
From: clare h <clare@animal-liberation.org.nz>
To: dsarten@ihug.co.nz <dsarten@ihug.co.nz>
Cc: imc-aotearoa-ed@lists.indymedia.org
<imc-aotearoa-ed@lists.indymedia.org>
Date: Sunday, 25 August 2002 17:53
Subject: re: Indymedia - strange kind of censorship

>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/threa

d.html

>I hope this email adresses your concerns,
>
>regards,
>
>Clare

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