Hi all,
This is a matter that is close to my heart.
The point is we have moderators, but the facts are up to them, and uni-lateral decisions.
1:Where is free speech involved this. Somebody tells my I work in a protected environment, which I have never done in my life, and I post a suitable reply which gets deleted, and the thread is locked. Heil Hitler, to the moderators. The tools of democracy is No 1 freedom of speech.
2: The next problem is that the moderator does not have to give his name, so if he has a grudge, against you, for whatever reason he can censor you.
3: Planning is a discipline for thihkers, and as such should be treated in that way. If we carry on this way we might end up in the dark ages. The Spanish Inquisition could also have been claased as moderators. Who is the next one to be burned at the stake. An interesting book, but quite boring, is the "Rule of Four" and it revolves around the point here, where certain people was trying to destroy all good knowledge in the interest of their own agendas, fortunately the was people interested in saving the good things. Later you had Hitler, and we all know the result.
Maybe we need a general forum, which is day to day issues, like the recent London bombings, with no holds barred, where we can discuss normal issues, amongst planners, as we perceive it. Do we have tunnel vision, or are we futuristic?
I agree with moderation in a sense, but not censorship, especially if only part of the posting is censored. So Basta to the moderators. I have pissed on their batteries before
Regards
Philip
This is a matter that is close to my heart.
The point is we have moderators, but the facts are up to them, and uni-lateral decisions.
1:Where is free speech involved this. Somebody tells my I work in a protected environment, which I have never done in my life, and I post a suitable reply which gets deleted, and the thread is locked. Heil Hitler, to the moderators. The tools of democracy is No 1 freedom of speech.
2: The next problem is that the moderator does not have to give his name, so if he has a grudge, against you, for whatever reason he can censor you.
3: Planning is a discipline for thihkers, and as such should be treated in that way. If we carry on this way we might end up in the dark ages. The Spanish Inquisition could also have been claased as moderators. Who is the next one to be burned at the stake. An interesting book, but quite boring, is the "Rule of Four" and it revolves around the point here, where certain people was trying to destroy all good knowledge in the interest of their own agendas, fortunately the was people interested in saving the good things. Later you had Hitler, and we all know the result.
Maybe we need a general forum, which is day to day issues, like the recent London bombings, with no holds barred, where we can discuss normal issues, amongst planners, as we perceive it. Do we have tunnel vision, or are we futuristic?
I agree with moderation in a sense, but not censorship, especially if only part of the posting is censored. So Basta to the moderators. I have pissed on their batteries before
Regards
Philip