Re: [bika-dev] Bika mailing lists are self-regulated. Say NO to censorship, YES to free speech

[lemoene <le...@bi...>]

On 01/10/2018 17:02, Demintha Ashubodha wrote:
> Hope all will be open source decentralised as soon as possible. Money( 
> Bitcoin etc), media, data, internet etc.

Now won't that be great! It'll ask for some furious campaigning against 
those pulling the strings

Occupy Wall street!
Bests
l

Bolt

>
> Regards,
>
> D
>
> On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 1:28 PM lemoene <le...@bi... 
> <mailto:le...@bi...>> wrote:
>
>     Hi All
>
>     I got kicked off the Senaite forums on Friday for challenging
>     double standards and objecting to false interpretations of an
>     earlier post. Full story to follow if the differences cannot be
>     resolved.
>
>     Having been on the receiving end of autocratic censorship before -
>     remember John H KoolAid Jones of '/It is good to be king'/ fame 
>     and his FOSS FUD - this is nothing compared to what activists had
>     to deal with during the struggle against apartheid in South
>     Africa. Freedom of speech is now firmly cementedin our admirable
>     new constitution.
>
>     Except for curtailing hate speech, censorship imho does not make
>     for healthy communities, especially in Open Source where freedom
>     and transparency are fundamental. Airing opinions in open robust
>     debate is much more constructive than hiding from inconvenient
>     truths behind political correctness.
>
>     Decorum and netiquette are established through self regulatory
>     dynamics - don't adhere and get ignored or cut down. 'We may
>     dislike what you say, but will defend your right to say it'. Much
>     more annoying are subscribers wanting to be spoon-fed without
>     research or trying things themselves.
>
>     Like with this post,views expressed by participants are their own.
>
>     Bests
>     l
>
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