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mediageek-org-paul-imc@mediageek.org<br>
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 23:03:34 -0800 (PST)<br>
From: Gary Larrabee <gary_larrabee@yahoo.com><br>
Subject: Re: posting at the U-C IMC<br>
To: "Paul R." <paul-imc@mediageek.org><br>
<br>
Thank You, <br>
<br>
Gary Larrabee <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<b><i>"Paul R." <paul-imc@mediageek.org></i></b> wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Mr. Larrabee,<br>
<br>
Thank you for your response to my e-mail. The U-C IMC's Steering Group
<br>
considered your response and we are willing to allow your future posts to
<br>
be left on the Newswire in exchange for your cooperation with a simple
request.<br>
<br>
As I noted in my prior e-mail, we at the Urbana-Champaign IMC are
primarily <br>
concerned with making sure that our website's Newswire is not monopolized
<br>
by any given person or group. We are not interested in censoring what you
<br>
post, we only ask that the frequency of your posts be such that they do
not <br>
dominate our Newswire.<br>
<br>
Therefore our Steering Group requests that you post no more often than
once <br>
per week to our website's Newswire. It already appears that you are
<br>
posting at about this frequency, and we thank you for your cooperation.
We <br>
also appreciate your no longer putting direct links and prices ! of your
book <br>
in your posts.<br>
<br>
We hope this cooperation will continue. Please contact me if you have any
<br>
questions.<br>
<br>
Respectfully,<br>
<br>
Paul Riismandel<br>
U-C IMC Steering Group Member<br>
<br>
<br>
At 02:33 PM 12/9/2001 -0800, you wrote:<br>
<br>
>Dear Mr. Rismandel;<br>
><br>
>You have made some false assumptions and have treated my postings
<br>
>unfairly. I also post on other patriotic sites besides Indy
Media.<br>
><br>
>You accuse me of advertising. I have done nothing more than what you
are <br>
>specifically making available to your contributors.<br>
><br>
>You have an area that states that you may post relative web sites in
which <br>
>I am assuming means relative material as to the article posted. I
have a <br>
>very large web site with about 200 articles on 200 pages of which
most are <br>
>written by me. The theme of my web site is unity of faiths to fight
<br>
>against the NWO. Each page has a index of other articles and! I point
them <br>
>to an article that is relative to the one I have posted. So your
space to <br>
>post my web site I use as well as posting the web site with my
signature. <br>
>I also have a link to Indy Media sites on my links page.<br>
><br>
>It appears by your letter that you may be part of the problem that we
are <br>
>fighting against. I hope this is not the case.<br>
><br>
>Many of these articles point out how we the people are being deceived
and <br>
>there is about to be a trap sprung that will take away all our
rights. I <br>
>believe this is of local interest.<br>
><br>
>Primarily the right of free speech. From your letter I have the
feeling <br>
>that this may be sooner even than I expected.<br>
><br>
>This is a warning of what is happening to every person living on this
<br>
>earth and by not allowing free speech you are playing into the hands
of <br>
>those trying to take away our rights.<br>
><br>
>On your own site you i! nvite people to post more than one article at
a <br>
>time. I do not do this, I post about 3 or 4 posts per week. I would
expect <br>
>more participation in your site if people had an opportunity to read
more <br>
>view points. Unless all Indy Media bans me they will soon learn to
turn to <br>
>other sites to read what I have to say.<br>
><br>
>The fact that you are censoring my article is strong evidence that
you may <br>
>be discriminating against people who are standing up for everyones
<br>
>constitutional rights.<br>
><br>
>I promote Indy Media sites and increase the traffic. Your
discrimination <br>
>is unfair and will soon be known to the people if you do it unjustly.
I <br>
>have received letters from readers stating that people appreciate
what I <br>
>am alerting them of and ask that I keep it up.<br>
><br>
>If you would point out where I have done something wrong. I would
correct <br>
>it and try to operate with in your guide lines. ! I am not a book
store and <br>
>have written only one self published book. On a couple occasions I
have <br>
>posted the web page of the book and on one occasion I posted the
price of <br>
>the book. This was brought to my attention and I have not done it
anymore, <br>
>so this is not the reason you are hiding my articles.<br>
><br>
>Indy Media is a wonderful avenue for people of the world of different
<br>
>backgrounds and races to communicate and get to know each other. My
goal <br>
>is to motivate people to take a stand and let them know what is about
to <br>
>happen and I point out that our only chance to change things is to
come <br>
>into unity as a common force.<br>
><br>
>You have the power to be a part of keeping our freedom or taking it
away.<br>
><br>
>We will all be known by our actions.<br>
><br>
>Gary Larrabee<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
>"Paul R." wrote:>>Mr. Larrabee,<br>
>><br>
>>I am contacting you on behalf of the Steering Group of the
Urbana-Champaign<br>
>>Independent Media Center. You have been posting on a near-daily
basis to<br>
>>our website's Newswire for several weeks. You may have noticed
that many<br>
>>of your posts have been relegated to the "hidden posts"
area because they<br>
>>have been found to violate our Appropriate Use Policy<br>
>>(<a href="http://urbana.indymedia.org/website_policy.php3" eudora="autourl">http://urbana.indymedia.org/website_policy.php3</a>).
The main reason why<br>
>>many of your posts have been hidden is because they appear to be
primarily<br>
>>solicitations to buy books from your website.<br>
>><br>
>>In addition the frequency of your posts is becoming a problem.
Our's is a<br>
>>relatively low-traffic site, therefore a daily posting by anyone
is<br>
>>excessive, especially because your posts do not seem to be
specifically<br>
>>oriented towards our local community --evidenced by t! he fact
that you <br>
>>post them on many other IMC's. Thus, the Steering Group is
preparing to begin<br>
>>hiding all of your posts in the "hidden posts"
area.<br>
>><br>
>>You are being notified so that you have an opportunity to modify
your<br>
>>posting behavior to comply with our Appropriate Use Policy. In
order for<br>
>>us to consider not hiding all of your future posts you must
indicate to us<br>
>>by e-mail your intention to comply with this policy within
seven<br>
>>days. Please send e-mail to info@urbana.indymedia.org. If you do
not<br>
>>contact us within seven days we will begin hiding all of your
posts at that<br>
>>time.<br>
>><br>
>>If you do not contact us in the next seven days and in the future
you wish<br>
>>to use the U-C IMC website in compliance with the Appropriate Use
Policy,<br>
>>please e-mail us at info@urbana.indymedia.org and the Steering
Group will<br>
>>consider ceasing! to hide your posts.<br>
>><br>
>>Respectfully,<br>
>><br>
>>Paul Riismandel<br>
>>U-C IMC Steering Group Member<br>
><br>
><br>
>Gary Larrabe! e<br>
>International Branch of the Lion of Judah<br>
><a href="http://www.ourchurch.com/member/b/branch/" eudora="autourl">http://www.ourchurch.com/member/b/branch/</a><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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