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Re: SRH "moderation appeals committee" flaws
Namaskar Ken,
Please read the *entire* post made by the poster to see that your contention
is completely incorrect.
On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Ken Stuart wrote:
> Here is another great example of the "anything goes" moderating on SRH.
>
> The following message just appeared TODAY on SRH.
>
> NOTE that it is asking for information on WICCA and "Wicca-like philosophy",
> NOT HINDUISM. For some reason, the author was confused enough to think that
> he had the right newsgroup ! The moderator's policy of "if it has words, it
> must be relevant" was clearly in force here:
>
Please note that the author said, Buddhist, and also Other
religions/spiritual books. He also sent a separate note saying that he
would like to make this a list of books of *all* the religions. Of course
just as if one wears blue color glasses everthing appears blue, once one has
determined his/her mind that *anything* goes on SRH, all posts will
appear irrelevent.
> PS Duh, Hindus have "their own book", too! Duh.....
Perhaps you missed it, but the author rquested books from all religions
and also books about spirituality. IMHO, we ought not to shut out people w
ho have genuine desire for inter-religion study and service.
Here are the relevent portions of the post for everyone to judge...
>you all your favorite books for beginners. (Does not have to be on just wicca
> or even religion in particular. Spirituallity books are fine)
...
>Religion: (Wiccan, christian, Buddist, etc. If it is on general spirituality
> just OTHER will be fine)
If I had rejected this post, there would have been people screeming from the
rooftop accusing me of supressing the attempt at inter-religious study.
I seek more open-mindedness amongst my fellow Hindus towards
interfaith projects . . .
regards,
Ajay Shah
Moderator, Soc.Religion.Hindu
ghen@netcom.com
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