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Answer:
It depends on your definition of censorship. The Merriam-Webster
dictionary (at [5]www.m-w.com) defines censorship as follows:
Main Entry: censorship
Pronunciation: 'sen(t)-s&r-"ship
Function: noun
Date: circa 1591
1 a : the institution, system, or practice of censoring b : the
actions or practices of censors; especially : censorial control
exercised repressively
2 : the office, power, or term of a Roman censor
3 : exclusion from consciousness by the psychic censor
"Censor" is defined as:
Main Entry: 2censor
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): censored; censoring /'sen(t)-s&-ri[ng],
'sen(t)s-ri[ng]/
Date: 1882
: to examine in order to suppress or delete anything considered
objectionable
Hence, under this broad definition, moderation can be viewed as a form
of censorship: objectionable material is not permitted in the
particular venue. However, there are some arguments against calling
moderation censorship:
* Censorship usually implies removable of objectionable material by
the government. When done by a private enterprise, such as the
editor of a magizine, it is viewed more as editorial control.
* Although the particular moderated group may be "censored", USENET
as a whole is not censored, as for each moderated group there is a
suitable unmoderated forum to which the material can be posted.
These are listed below:
+ mod: soc.culture.jewish.moderated
unmod: soc.culture.jewish
+ mod: soc.culture.jewish.parenting
unmod: soc.culture.jewish or misc.kids
+ mod: soc.culture.jewish.holocaust
unmod: soc.culture.jewish, alt.revisionism, soc.history
+ mod: rec.food.cuisine.jewish
unmod: other rec.food newsgroups, soc.culture.jewish
+ mod: rec.humor.jewish
unmod: alt.humor.jewish
+ mod: soc.geneology.jewish
unmod: soc.roots, soc.culture.jewish
+ mod: alt.religion.judaism.orthodox
unmod: soc.culture.jewish
Do people prefer a moderated newsgroup? Some do and some don't. It is
only recently that moderated spinoffs from soc.culture.jewish have
developed. This is due to the increased traffic on Usenet, and the
changing nature of the Usenet audience from the early academic focus.
Many on S.C.J feel that part of its appeal and taam
(flavor/tang/spice) comes from the freewheeling unmoderated approach
which brings together posters from all parts of the spectrum. However,
many have tired from the intrusion into the group by others with
specific agendas to push that are decidedly non- or anti-Jewish.
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