[Foundation-l] Liu Xiaobo

[Florence Devouard]

Censorship !

:)

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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