[Foundation-l] Liu Xiaobo

Mon Oct 11 11:25:29 UTC 2010

That word had occured to me, but I didnt dare to mention it in this
discussion as i had been "warned" here in the past about my usage of
that word here, and didnt want to be put on moderation list myself.

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Florence Devouard <Anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Censorship !
>
> :)
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> On 10/9/10 12:35 AM, Austin Hair wrote:
>> Peter has been placed on moderation as a preventive measure.  If
>> future posts are still civil, irrespective of sanity considerations,
>> we'll let them through.
>>
>> Austin
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Peter Damian
>> <peter.damian at btinternet.com>  wrote:
>>> I don't know why such fuss has been made in the media about this.  Under
>>>   Chinese law, Xiaobo is a criminal who has been sentenced by Chinese
>>> judicial
>>>   departments for violating Chinese law
>>> http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/461876  His own community has delivered a
>>>   verdict upon him: he is a criminal.  He deserves 'fair treatment' no more
>>>   than the trolls who have disrupted the Wikipedia deserve so-called 'fair
>>>   treatment'.  Those who violate community norms, such as Xiaobo (in the case
>>>   of China) or many of the disruptive elements who create havoc on the
>>> project
>>>   by their offensive comments and offsite attacks.  The Chinese government
>>>> imposed a blackout on news of the award: quite right.  This is exactly
>>>> what
>>>   would happen on Wikipedia, by means of blocks in article space, talk pages
>>>   and email access.  More power to the community!
>>>
>>>   Peter
>>>
>>>
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