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SRH "moderation appeals committee" flaws
In article <ghenDuExnx.D77@netcom.com>, Ajay Shah <ajay@mercury.aichem.arizoa.edu> writes:
|> Namaskar,
|>
|> The said posting was accepted because of the author's explanation that
|> there was information about Ganeshbaba, a Hindu sadhu on that web site.
|> Drug advertisement and advocacy are certainly out of the purview of this
|> newsgroup.
So, are articles rejected on their contents or not? Had the first
snippet been about some Hindu, and the rest of the article mentioned
various pornographic sites on the Internet, would the article have been
accepted?
This is the problem with the current "moderation appeals committee" -
they can only accept articles, not determine which articles should
be accepted or rejected. The committee apparently has no power to
define the charter, and repeated attempts in the past to clarify
points of the charter were stonewalled by the moderator.
In my personal opinion, only one small part of that article had
anything to do with Hinduism, and since the moderator of SRH has
repeatedly stated that SRH is a family-oriented newsgroup, why was
an article promoting drug use allowed? Again, we're seeing a
double standard in the moderation policy. Articles containing (non-vulgar)
terms describing the human body were rejected as being sexually
oriented, yet we see article promoting drug use deemed OK, since
some minor part of the article had a mention of something Hindu.
-Vivek
|> regards,
|>
|> ajay shah
|> moderator, soc.relgion.hindu
|>
|>
|> On Wed, 10 Jul 1996, Vivek Sadananda Pai wrote:
|>
|> > In article <ghenDu9s26.12I@netcom.com>,
|> > Serendipity <serendipity@magnet.ch> writes:
|> > |> *** Psychedelic Tryptamines ***
|> > |> Articles on psychedelic mushrooms and DMT; preservation of
|> > |> dried psilocybin mushrooms; links to other documents
|> > |> concerning psychedelic tryptamines.
|> >
|> > I have a question about this post -
|> >
|> > Given that it has been said that SRH strives to be a family-oriented
|> > newsgroup where even kids can feel safe to read, what is the policy
|> > regarding the advertizing of psychedelic drugs?
|> >
|> > I know that the moderator has said that certain topics cannot be
|> > discussed here, but it seems to me that allowing posts which encourage
|> > people to go out and try various brain-altering drugs is a bit more
|> > serious than the occassional use of a term describing a part of the
|> > anatomy.
|> >
|> > In fact, novice psychedelic mushroom hunters often get hurt or die in
|> > the process of trying to get high, since poisonous and mind-altering
|> > mushrooms can be found in the same places. This post seems designed to
|> > appeal to novices, so the danger is particularly large. Should we (as
|> > a group) be encouraging people to tempt Hindu youth into going out
|> > into fields and potentially killing themselves looking for a cheap
|> > high? So, could someone suggest what should be the policy with
|> > respect to articles which advertise drug use to a young audience?
|> >
|> > -Vivek
|> >
|>
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