[Imc-aotearoa-ed] racist and factually incorrect post?

[Brian van Dam]

Hi Finn,
                    I classified this post as

*// B. Problems Requiring Discussion* [top] 
<http://www.indymedia.org.nz/edpolicy.php3#partthree>

primarily for being:

.. Racist, sexist, homophobic and/or pornographic comments unrelated to 
or contributing no substantial value to the topic under discussion

Namely, I thought the linking of the `garden of evil' phrase with the 
photo's of arabic men, and the text claiming they caused the plane 
crashes (which may or may not be true) to be both racist and not 
contributing anything to the debate.

It may also in breach of copyright, but since it wasn't identified as 
being from a particular publication, so I don't know what limits are on 
it publishing wise, I left that matter alone.

Maybe it was just me getting tired of the repeated claim that ``arabic 
Al-Qaeda terrorists blew up the WTC'', which is demonstrably unprovable 
from current evidence (which in my mind, makes it different from things 
that are not proven, but may still be provable - aaaargh, semantics:)). 
If so, I am happy to withdraw and unhide it, and make a comment 
recording my dissent.

I did follow the current Ed policy tho under Section B, as far as my 
addled brain can follow....

Cheers,         

                Brian.