[Buddha-l] Buddha-L & censorship

[Franz Metcalf]

Gang,

I was sorry to read Richard Hayes's response to Stephen Hodge's 
reasonable request in the matter of Dan Lusthaus's situation:

>> I also deplore this situation and hope that a public explanation might
>> be forthcoming from the moderators.
>
> Deplore to your heart's content, if you feel it will benefit yourself 
> or
> other sentient beings.

Given the importance to the list of the seemingly permanent alienation 
of one of its most faithful and informed members, I see such a response 
as inadequate. I don't mean to judge the actions of the moderators, but 
from what few facts I'm aware of, the matter is serious and warrants 
explanation, at the least.

Can we look forward to it? (And I do hope that question doesn't simply 
engender, mutatis mutandis, a response such as was given Stephen.)

Hopefully,

Franz Metcalf
(who was just reading Jane Austen, this afternoon, and prays pardon for 
its effects upon his expression)