🚀 go-pugleaf

FWIW, I agree completely with your position as outlined.  I feel that this
UDP is clearly out of line, and represents an unfortunate over-reaction.

"Elat Lerner" <cx172@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote in message
news:a5015v$gg9$1@freenet9.carleton.ca...
> (double posted to ott.config/can.legal and to ncf.board.speakers-corner
> and addressed to the NCF Board of Directors)
>
> As a member of National Capital Freenet I would like to find out
> if my BOD supports or is even aware of what ONAG (Ottawa News
> Administrators Group) is currently doing.
>
> As the article attached below outlines, ONAG has been removing
> ALL postings from ANY 'ott' newsgroup on ANY news server which
> have been posted by one certain individual.
>
> Apparently this individual, Louise Marchand, has managed to
> antagonize a large number of people participating in
> 'ott.general' discussions. 'ott.general'  is a newsgroup carried
> by most ISP's operating in Ottawa and some outside of Ottawa.
>
> As far as I can determine, Ms. Marchand has not broken any
> Canadian laws or any 'ott.*' charter rules for that matter.
> She did not post hate literature. From what I can tell (I
> have only read a couple of articles posted by her), all she
> has done is annoy many of the people who cannot resist
> reading and responding to her posts.
>
> Since many complained, ONAG decided to cancel all messages
> posted by Ms. Marchand to any 'ott.*' newsgroups.
>
> This is a very dangerous precedent.
>
> There are many annoying people posting on the internet.
> Complaints regarding  such individuals are traditionally
> handled by their ISP. A third party canceling all articles
> posted by a particular individual at any ISP, is a totally
> different matter.
>
> Since NCF has a seat on ONAG, I wonder if the NCF BOD voted
> in support of canceling all messages posted by Louise Marchand.
>
> Gordon Dewis (gordon@pinetree.org) writes:
> > It is with a certain amount of sadness that I am announcing that after
> > discussion with other members of ONAG, all messages in ott.* groups from
> > Louise Marchand and the IP address(es) she uses will be arbitrarily
> > cancelled until further notice.  Posts which are suspected to be
authored
> > by her under a pseudonym are also subject to cancellation.
> >
> > This will likely generate some discussion and I ask people to move such
> > discussions to ott.config.  Follow-ups to this message should go to
> > ott.config as well.
> >
> > If you wish to discuss this by email, please email ONAG at
> > onag@pinetree.org.
> >
> > Gordon Dewis
> > Ottawa News Administrators Group      http://onag.pinetree.org
>
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