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I'd like to express disagreement with this change. 'Moderation' in this context is a weasel word. It is a form of censorship and so unavoidably will lead to an ignoring of some points of views. What criteria, for example, will be used in refusal to allow some messages?? It is inevitable that there will be messages that are seen as inflammatory. But members have already shown that they can deal with such messages - usually by ignoring the inflammatory components. Ray Thomas, Faculty of social Sciences, Open University From: Newsletter of the European Sociological Association (ESA) [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bekkers, R. (Rene) Sent: 09 January 2009 19:50 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: list policy Dear all, In the past few hours we have seen more off-topic messages and I have seen an increasing number of members leaving the list. So I am sorry to inform you that I have changed the list to a moderated list in order to reduce these problems. I will forward messages in line with the purposes of the European-sociologist list to the listserv for distribution. Rene Bekkers Assistant Professor ICS/Department of Sociology Utrecht University, the Netherlands