[Buddha-l] Rice & Dragons

[Jo]

On Apr 15, 2012, at 11:26 PM, Christopher Fynn <chris.fynn at gmail.com> wrote:

> There are also members of several Buddhist groups who monitor some 
> Wikipedia articles in the same way - and quickly expunge anything that 
> doesn't agree with or might call into question their particular view 
> of things.

Sounds like academic publishing. A lot of pretty sinister stuff goes on in
the name of peer reviewing. The difference is that the guardians of the
privileged point of view don't expunge what they disagree with; they just
never let it see the light of day in the first place. 

Richard Hayes
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This not allowing stuff to surface is especially true of blogs. 
But then many bloggers have to be careful about allowing the crazies on
their pages. 
I even suspect that bloggery has encouraged the crazies among us to
prapancha-ate.
One institution--allowing comments on blogs or some newspaper
articles--really does suffer from crazies, KKK types, racists, femmephobics,
and all. Newspapers could improve public discourse by ending the comment
fad. Maybe they think it sells papers.

Joanna