The decision of the listowner should be supported. With such prolific
exchange the vetting of messages will be onerous, and at the same time we do
not want newcomers to be put off Radical Statistics as a group.
Those who feel wrongly accused should not feel that they have to prolong the
discussion. This would be petty and as Alan Reese said there are plenty of
contraversial topics to examine.
Janet Shapiro
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From: email list for Radical Statistics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Macfarlane, Alison
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 10:37 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Message from 'listowner'
I have received a number of complaints about recent correspondence and
consulted the troika and the jiscmail helpline about this. On the basis of
this, I am drawing your attention to jiscmail's policies:
Acceptable use policy.
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/policy/index.htm
Ethics statement
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/policy/ethics.htm
Guidelines on etiquette
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/policy/etiquette.htm
On the basis of these I have been advised to remove the two messages with
the link to the web site with the image of Hitler from our archive and have
done this. Jiscmail has also advised me to remove anyone who does not comply
with its policies from the list.
These guidelines are there to enable freedom of speech, not to restrict it.
Can I remind you that as a result of thye tenor of recent exchanges and the
tone in which some of the more extreme views have been expressed, other
people who joined the list to express their views have left. The purpose of
this list is to discuss statistics in their wider social and political
context, but the recent exchanges have strayed a very long way from anything
to do with statistics, and the message is that it is time to stop.
I know that people who disagree with this will not hesitate to say so, so I
hope that members who agree will also express their views.
Alison Macfarlane
Alison Macfarlane
Department of Midwifery
City University
24 Chiswell Street
London EC1Y 4TY
Phone (0) (44) 207 040 5832
Fax (0) (44) 207 040 5866
Email [log in to unmask]
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