Thanks to !

[Guest guest]

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Thanks much for your response, reassurance & clarification. And

kudos for standing firm against censorship, while reminding us

of the importance of good manners.

Would you please run for national office? We desperately need

someone like you in charge!

Happy New Year to you, too. You have the gratitude of all of us

who are forever indebted to you for all your public service on our

behalf.

Best,

Sheila

> > I'm confused about something. How can Geoffrey Feldman of

> > Boston close THIS board because he's unhappy with

postings

> > here? According to the mission statement for SufaceHippy,

he

> > doesn't even qualify as a member, right? There was nothing

> > posted here that I read that would be considered by any

> > community standard to be offfensive. Am I missing

something?

> > I'm very interested in matters of censorship, so I apologize if

> this

> > query bores or annoys people who are irritated by The

Geoffrey

> > Saga. He seems to be far more aggressive to others in his

> > postings than anyone has ever been to him, so I'm perplexed

as

> > to how he can take retribution by getting a board that has

nothing

> > to do with him closed down.

> > Best,

> > Sheila

>

>

> Sheila and all surfacehippy members,

>

> Geoffrey has no basis for shutting down surfacehippy. I am

sure he

> has the technical savvy to find the proper place to complain, but

his

> case has no basis. He is claiming there was a personal attack

on him

> organized on this board. I was traveling over the holidays so

have

> not been monitoring either board very closely -- I was having

SH sent

> to me in digest mode. From what I saw he was neither

attacked

> personally, nor was there anything organized from this board. I

> don't expect Yahoo to take any action.

>

> Geoffrey demanded I take several actions to rectify the

situation. I

> found his complaints and reasons for complaints baseless.

> Furthermore, I do not have time to monitor individual posts and

do

> not want to set a precendent for censorship. We want to have

a open

> forum where people are free to discuss successes and

problems. That

> said, I do ask that posts to this board try to stick to the facts and

> not stray into discussing personalities. Remember, anything

posted

> here can be read by others here and forwarded outside the

group.

>

> When challenging opinions posted on Totally Hip please be

nice;

> consider those who cannot or have not chosen this route. I

> understand completely that misrepresentations of opinions as

facts

> can be a difficult thing to deal with in that forum. I think if

> responses of a factual nature are made and arguments are

not too

> drawn out those people who are monitoring TH for information

will see

> for themselves what the actual benefits and risks are --

regardless

> of who gets the last word.

>

> I hope this can bring to a close the discussion of this issue.

Thank

> you to those who expressed their appreciation for the efforts of

the

> support site moderators.

>

> Happy New Year to Everyone!!

>

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