Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!hogpc!btb From: btb@hogpc.UUCP (B.BURGER) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: RE: mod.singles censorship (censorship can be good!) Message-ID: <466@hogpc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 15-Oct-84 17:41:51 EDT Article-I.D.: hogpc.466 Posted: Mon Oct 15 17:41:51 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Oct-84 06:26:43 EDT Lines: 21 > > I refuse to read anything censored. Then we tend to only see that > which the moderator wants us to hear. I would always be wondering about > what has been deemed inappropriate for me to read. Do you read newspapers? Watch TV news? These media -- and mod.singles -- are SELECTIVE, not "censored." To "censor" means to specifically delete something because it's objectionable (paraphrasing Webster's). Mod.singles, on the other hand, will (I think) SELECT things bacause they're of interest. Of course, selection is the same as censorship if you don't trust the selectors. As for me, I like the idea of mod.singles because there's too much trash in net.singles. I'll continue reading net.singles articles only if they're SHORT and have interesting titles (assuming others do this too, try to make titles descriptive of your points, not just "re: something"). I'll be less selective on net.singles as long as the moderators seem to be doing a good job. --Bruce Burger Freehold, NJ {...ihnp4!}hogpc!btb