[Boston-editorial] hide article?

[Sofia JarrinT]

hi Matt,
Tim & I talked about this and was agreed to leave it.
I had no idea about the history behind this.  The
picture  makes me  uncomfortable, but oh, well.

cheers,
Sofia
--- Matthew Williams <mw21 at mindspring.com> wrote:

> I share your discomfort with the picture, but it's
> not a direct threat 
> of violence. And we have hidden some posts where
> people threatened 
> Nazis directly with violence (although we've had to
> deal with far more 
> of Nazis threatening anti-racists with violence). As
> for removing the 
> picture, we generally don't edit the content of
> posts--we either hide 
> them or we leave them. Regardless of whether we hid
> the post or removed 
> the picture, that is sure to anger the folks who
> originally posted it, 
> who will see it as a betrayal by their allies. They
> would have a 
> legitimate point. And we have enough problems to
> deal with now with all 
> these racists posting that I'm not inclined to get
> into a conflict with 
> our allies over this. I'm for leaving it up as is,
> problematic as it 
> may be. -- Matt
> 
> On May 4, 2005, at 2:55 PM, Sofia JarrinT wrote:
> 
> > Well, I'm not sure.  Gun-wielding images usually
> > represent armed resistance against imperalism or
> > oligarchy. This picture shows one guy kicking
> another
> > one in the face.  I wouldn't want any of the
> "Nazi,
> > neo-nazi, or fascist" present in the anti-rallies
> > kicked in the face.  Most of them, I think, are
> just
> > ignorant idiots or misled lazy people who are
> unable
> > to look into the facts for themselves.
> >
> > Promoting kicking them in the face to me is really
> > about promoting violence.  Maybe we can hide the
> > poster and leave the event on the site?
> >
> > cheers,
> > sofia
> >
> > --- TL <saoirse1220 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> ummm I understand where your coming from sofia
> but I
> >> do disaggree. I think absent an actual call for
> >> violence against the Nazis this picture could
> easily
> >> be more of an expression of the sentiment that
> "we
> >> dont want you here". its tough when your dealing
> >> with
> >> images because its so subjective. I mean people
> >> could
> >> say the same sorta thing about gun-wielding
> images
> >> of
> >> the Panthers, EZLN, and Leila Khalid.
> >> -tl
> >> --- Sofia JarrinT <sofiajt at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>> hi,
> >>>
> >>> I think this poster promotes hate and violence
> and
> >>> should be hidden:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/35998/index.php
> >>>
> >>> We should keep the same standards for these kind
> >> of
> >>> postings, no matter is it's "against Nazis".
> >>>
> >>> What do you guys think?
> >>> sofia
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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