[Seattle-editorial] editorial policy thoughts continued..

[anarch3m]

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DATE: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 13:37:06
From: Jason Reep <jasonr at speakeasy.net>
To: g at art13.com
Cc: editorial seaimc <seattle-editorial at indymedia.org>
>> the currently policy states I have to post both my reasons, and sign my name in
>> editing something, but you can "post anonymously". So in otherwords, to edit
>> I have to make myself vunerable, while the hate mongers can post
>> anonymously. This policy is fucked. And I am unwilling to make myself
>> vulnerable to attack for being a "volunteer".
>3-I said before that i'm on the fence about using pseudonyms.  I 
>understand not wanting to open yourself up personally to attack from 
>these hate mongers.  

I think you are being infalmmatory when you say 
>you're afraid they might firebomb your house, but the point is taken. 

COMMENT:  Remember when J.L. had the guy post to the list with phone number, jobsite............

ah, but to mentionb that might be an inflamitory comment?  I don't think you mean that.


>what yo seem to be leaving out of this though is 
>principle #3 of the current policy. Injurious language can also be an 
>opportunity fo insurrectionary response.  how do you know when something 
>crosses the line from being something that spurs insurrectionary 
>response to being something that's just too offensive to leave up.  I'm 
>willing to trust the editors to make that call but it's going to be a 
>hard question and not to be overlooked in an effort to make it easier to 
>hide hate speech.

COMMENT:  so called insurrectionary response is merely attention, a cookie, a treat, a little thrill and does not damp the ardours we would squelsh.

That's where experience deviates from theory.  I advocate experience.  And rewriting theory to conform.

walt
se ed and global wireclerk


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