[IMC-Boston-Editorial] New Crisis

[Pete Stidman]

Just a note, I have not looked at all the facts but
"no news" is not something that has been applied to
comments before.  I think that people need to remind
themselves to err towards the lenient side.  WE do not
want to appear too heavy handed.    

Based on the outcome of the general meeting on Sunday,
I cannot commit to anything beyond that date.  

-Pete


--- Sofia JarrinT <sofiajt at yahoo.com> wrote:

> hey new crisis,
> it's ok with me ;) i have a suspicion Veteran's
> flipside new personality, but the latest comment
> wasn't all that bad. maybe's he's running out of
> steam.
> 
> no news is just an option we use for when we get
> advertisement and such...  a bit like "other"
> 
> sj
> 
> --- "visnusdream at juno.com" <visnusdream at juno.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Ok there really is no new crisis but an old one
> has
> > become particularly acute.
> > We need to get together and discuss editorial
> > policy. I will not be at the general meeting, I
> have
> > a date with my wife. But I am free next weekend.
> Can
> > anyone else commit to coming?
> > 
> > Here is what just happened: I was on the sight and
> > was reading the comments to Sofia's latest
> > soon-to-be-award winning article and I wanted to
> > respond to one of the comments. So I wrote my
> > sarcastic drivel and posted it, (under the
> pseudonym
> > Zoots), only to find that the opinion I was
> > disagreeing with had just been hidden. Alas, I was
> > in shock. So I went and found it and began to
> > reflect . . .Should I re-instate it? Is this
> > "disruptive" and thus deserving of being hidden,
> in
> > my humble opinion? I decided "Yes," to the first
> > question and "No" to the second question. In other
> > words, I reinstated the comment because I felt it
> > was a relevant comment to the issues described in
> > Sofia's article, although I do not agree with it. 
> > The problem for me, and I think for us, is that
> this
> > particular statement was made by Veteran, the
> latest
> > nomenclature of a member of the peanut gallery.
> > Veteran has been posting for a few weeks and he
> > always has the same perspective and a lot of times
> > he is condescending and rude, but . . . sometimes,
> > as I believe he is in this case, he represents the
> > opinion of a reasonably significant number of
> people
> > in our community. I think we need to let that
> voice
> > be represented or we are in danger of becoming
> left
> > wing propagandists. (I am not a leftist, so I
> don't
> > want that to happen.) 
> > Anyway, if someone decides they just really
> disagree
> > with me that is fine . . .Just go re-hide the
> > article, and I will not say another word, until we
> > get together and hammer out a more structured
> > editorial policy . . . but I ask that Sally Shears
> > not re-hide this article, because she is the one
> > with whom I already know I disagree, and I would
> > like a third party to decide the issue. 
> > 
> > So when can we meet?
> > 
> > Love and respect,
> > Jamie 
> > Also, Sally hid the comments with the claim that
> > they conatined no news. Is it policy that our
> > comments sections are supposed to? I thought they
> > were just places to write opinions etc. Kind of
> like
> > a very informal editorial page. 
> > 
> > 
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