[Seattle-editorial] Proposal to hide

[Troy Prouty]

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>From: Jeremy Kahn <jgk at fifthhorseman.net>
>To: Joseph <relayer at speakeasy.org>
>CC: List Editorial <seattle-editorial at lists.indymedia.org>
>Subject: Re: [Seattle-editorial] Proposal to hide
>Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 12:24:39 -0700
>
>I would disagree with hiding this: we don't block on grounds of 
>"pornography" or "inappropriateness".
>
>Our policy for hiding is for specific reasons, as laid out in 
>http://seattle.indymedia.org/policy .
>
>   1. To provide an unmoderated, open-publishing newswire in accordance
>      with established IMC policies and philosophy.
>   2. To maintain the newswire and website as a community space, and a
>      safe environment for users, especially members of disempowered or
>      marginalized groups.
>   3. To acknowledge that speech has the power to cause injury, but that
>      instances of injurious speech should also be seen as opportunities
>      for insurrectionary response.
>   4. To preserve the quality of the website as a useful media resource.
>
>
>On which of these four points would you block this? neither "inappropriate" 
>nor "pornography" appears here for a reason, because they're awfully 
>subjective.  (The same problem applies to "poor taste" and "offensive", for 
>the record.)
>
>Can you clarify, please, Joseph? Do you think this injures the "safe 
>environment"? I'm not so sure.
>
>--jeremy
>
>Joseph wrote:
>
>>Proposal to hide the following article on the grounds of pornography. The
>>man is seen nude at desk. This is totally inappropriate for the newswire.
>>Joseph
>>
>>Title: peacetool_FR
>>
>>http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=25729&group=webcast
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