a rather alarming thing has come to my attention.

it seems that michael hart is being censored by jon noring
over on jon's listserve.  messages from michael appear to
have to be "approved" before they are posted to the list.
the evidence is sitting right there in the "headers" to see.

jon, is this actually the case?
i demand you confirm or deny.

if so, i find it quite preposterous.

love him or hate him, michael hart _invented_ e-books.
when a lot of people were just flapping their mouths,
michael sat down and started _typing_ various books
into the computer and making them available globally,
for _free_.  and that's as in beer _and_ as in speech.

if any person has earned the right to speak freely about
electronic-books, michael has.  (and let us remember
that no one needs to "earn" this right in the first place;
the right to speak freely is an inalienable human right
-- one recognized in the charter of the united nations.)

unless michael is allowed to post freely on jon's listserve,
without having to go through the "mother may i" routine
of having posts "approved" by jon or any other moderator,
i -- for one -- will cease to converse with noring in any way.

you've got until noon on monday to fix this egregious error, jon.

-bowerbird