-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Igor Chudov @ home wrote:

I guess libertarian philosophy permits operating a private mailing list and imposing whatever rules the host deems necessary to invent.

Clearly. And contractural principles suggest that there should be transparency in those rules.

The question is, can this ist be called a free medium for exchange of ideas, or not. My answer is no.

I say you're wrong. Vulis has been denied nothing but the dignity of reading the list under his own name. He still has freedom to read under a pseudonym, and he still has freedom to post under his own name, or any other.

Moderated forums might create some utility (by saving the time of their participants, for example), but they should identify themselves as such.

Such as by notifying the list that exactly one particularly obnoxious member has been kicked off, and allowing *unlimited* discussion on the list about the impact of doing so? I think this is working. - -rich - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMn/BzSoZzwIn1bdtAQGk+wGAgv2SrJzetHEzgs9DxahGvB8ReGWi8mDB aEGj8o8aW2DNGrDSx4f8DBDS4a8605Tc =oQeM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----