[Reader-list] "Second Thoughts" censorship on Kafila.org

Aditya Raj Kaul kauladityaraj at gmail.com
Wed Dec 24 17:12:25 IST 2008


lol Shivam

This Hypocrisy is nothing new Kshmendra ji.

On 12/24/08, Shivam V <lists at shivamvij.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Kshmendra,
>
> There's a difference between censorship and moderation. Censorship
> would be if you were to start a blog that the state orders to be
> blocked, for instance. But Kafila is owned privately, and as such I
> have the prerogative to delete/appprove/approve-then-delete your
> comment. Rights of admission reserved.
>
> best
> shivam
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > I posted a comment yesterday (23/12/2008) on Kafila.org. The comment was
> on a posting by Shivam Vij "A cruel joke called elections in Kashmir" that
> had appeared on this List also.
> >
> > Comments on KAFILA have to be approved by the Moderator(s). It was
> approved and my comment appeared on the KAFILA website. That was yesterday.
> >
> > Today I found that my comment has been deleted. Interesting.
> >
> > I wonder what led to this 'second thoughts' censorship.
> >
> > Kshmendra
> >
> >
> >
> >
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