Comments on: Flagging Comments http://www.radioopensource.org/flagging-comments/ Christopher Lydon in conversation on arts, ideas and politics Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:27:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Burden Clothing » Blog Archive » Writing while Caribbean: The 2008 Calabash International Literary Festival http://www.radioopensource.org/flagging-comments/#comment-79726 Burden Clothing » Blog Archive » Writing while Caribbean: The 2008 Calabash International Literary Festival Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:49:16 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/flagging-comments/#comment-79726 [...] ps, check out a podcast from Caribbean Free Radio here, and another from Radio Open Source here. For more info on Calabash on the whole, chec [...] [...] ps, check out a podcast from Caribbean Free Radio here, and another from Radio Open Source here. For more info on Calabash on the whole, chec [...]

]]> By: IKEAFANS: A community of IKEA kitchen design, assembly, furniture, modification, store information and HELP! - Passion: IKEA (soon to be broadcast on radioopensource.org) http://www.radioopensource.org/flagging-comments/#comment-79725 IKEAFANS: A community of IKEA kitchen design, assembly, furniture, modification, store information and HELP! - Passion: IKEA (soon to be broadcast on radioopensource.org) Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:09:23 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/flagging-comments/#comment-79725 [...] nd readers ("formally known as the audience"). Warming up (not yet broadcast) is Passion: IKEA. They're still accepting comments--the last ones were from Ju [...] [...] nd readers ("formally known as the audience"). Warming up (not yet broadcast) is Passion: IKEA. They’re still accepting comments–the last ones were from Ju [...]

]]> By: …My heart’s in Accra » Sad news from Radio Open Source http://www.radioopensource.org/flagging-comments/#comment-79724 …My heart’s in Accra » Sad news from Radio Open Source Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:38:53 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/flagging-comments/#comment-79724 [...] m My friends at Radio Open Source have just posted some very sad news - their show is going on “summer hiatus”, a break that will precede [...] [...] m

My friends at Radio Open Source have just posted some very sad news – their show is going on “summer hiatus”, a break that will precede [...]

]]> By: swordpentrumpet.com » Iraq: What Went Wrong – Part III http://www.radioopensource.org/flagging-comments/#comment-79723 swordpentrumpet.com » Iraq: What Went Wrong – Part III Thu, 03 May 2007 03:26:26 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/flagging-comments/#comment-79723 [...] ld for months, it seems to be gaining more ground since the surge in Iraq began. Over at Open Source, there are a number of links pertaining to the G [...] [...] ld for months, it seems to be gaining more ground since the surge in Iraq began. Over at Open Source, there are a number of links pertaining to the G [...]

]]> By: What does it mean to ‘value’ human equality? « A Skeptic’s Speakeasy http://www.radioopensource.org/flagging-comments/#comment-79722 What does it mean to ‘value’ human equality? « A Skeptic’s Speakeasy Sat, 25 Nov 2006 07:17:34 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/flagging-comments/#comment-79722 [...] g to flesh out a quartet of rhetorical questions I posed recently on Radio Open Source’s “This I Believe” thread: “Are values ‘beliefs’? Is my oft-confessed valuation [...] [...] g to flesh out a quartet of rhetorical questions I posed recently on Radio Open Source’s “This I Believe” thread: “Are values ‘beliefs’? Is my oft-confessed valuation [...]

]]> By: manning120 http://www.radioopensource.org/flagging-comments/#comment-79721 manning120 Sat, 28 Oct 2006 23:18:10 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/flagging-comments/#comment-79721 I used to edit a hard-copy philosophical journal. Once two members got into an extended discussion of whether Einstein based his special theory on the Michelson-Morely experiment. Each writer considered himself an expert. Their comments about each other’s articles were freighted with words like “idiotic” and “naive,” and sentences like, “Mr. X’s letter itself establishes that the author has only a confused and at most rudimentary understanding of the views of Einstein.” I hesitated to simply discard the contributions because the authors were intelligent and their points deserved attention. I asked the authors to tone their writing down, but they didn’t. So I printed the articles with all the “flaming” elided, substituting three periods (and non-flaming bracketed language where necessary). I advised all members of the policy and said anyone could have a copy of the unexpurgated version upon request. No one, not even the offending contributors, complained about this. No one asked to see the original versions. I thought the articles as published were quite interesting and informative. The only downside was the time it took to carry out the redactions, but I found it more amusing than tedious. Perhaps something like that could be done here. Making the unredacted versions available should reassure everyone that the editor’s judgment can be reviewed. I used to edit a hard-copy philosophical journal. Once two members got into an extended discussion of whether Einstein based his special theory on the Michelson-Morely experiment. Each writer considered himself an expert. Their comments about each other’s articles were freighted with words like “idiotic” and “naive,” and sentences like, “Mr. X’s letter itself establishes that the author has only a confused and at most rudimentary understanding of the views of Einstein.” I hesitated to simply discard the contributions because the authors were intelligent and their points deserved attention. I asked the authors to tone their writing down, but they didn’t. So I printed the articles with all the “flaming” elided, substituting three periods (and non-flaming bracketed language where necessary). I advised all members of the policy and said anyone could have a copy of the unexpurgated version upon request. No one, not even the offending contributors, complained about this. No one asked to see the original versions. I thought the articles as published were quite interesting and informative. The only downside was the time it took to carry out the redactions, but I found it more amusing than tedious. Perhaps something like that could be done here. Making the unredacted versions available should reassure everyone that the editor’s judgment can be reviewed.

]]> By: filmdude http://www.radioopensource.org/flagging-comments/#comment-79720 filmdude Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:50:04 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/flagging-comments/#comment-79720 I'm surprised that the show, so far, seems to have completely sidestepped the identity of sexual orientation. We have a president who's used homophobia, more particularly fear of extending the right of marriage to gay and lesbian families, to incite hate. The language -- and the vitriol -- with which our president and his party has incited Americans to fear the imagined evil effects of gay marriage closely mirrors the way the Nazis used Jew-hating to unify the German electorate. And, after the president announced the proposed Amendment to the Constitution, which was destined to fail, butwhich was also designed to serve as a rallying-point to that portion of the electorate who could be rallied around the issue, people who supported that amendment against gay marriage made sure to rally people of color (in forums like CSPAN) who would speak out against gays - so that supporters of gay rights who claimed solidarity with the history of American Civil Rights would appear to be misguided and wrong-headed. I do think that a huge portion of the electorate right now identifies as anti-gay marriage or pro-gay marriage. And even some voters who don't particularly care either way about gay marriage are offended -- or heartened -- by so much energy directed against the idea of gay families and gay unions. I’m surprised that the show, so far, seems to have completely sidestepped the identity of sexual orientation. We have a president who’s used homophobia, more particularly fear of extending the right of marriage to gay and lesbian families, to incite hate. The language — and the vitriol — with which our president and his party has incited Americans to fear the imagined evil effects of gay marriage closely mirrors the way the Nazis used Jew-hating to unify the German electorate. And, after the president announced the proposed Amendment to the Constitution, which was destined to fail, butwhich was also designed to serve as a rallying-point to that portion of the electorate who could be rallied around the issue, people who supported that amendment against gay marriage made sure to rally people of color (in forums like CSPAN) who would speak out against gays – so that supporters of gay rights who claimed solidarity with the history of American Civil Rights would appear to be misguided and wrong-headed. I do think that a huge portion of the electorate right now identifies as anti-gay marriage or pro-gay marriage. And even some voters who don’t particularly care either way about gay marriage are offended — or heartened — by so much energy directed against the idea of gay families and gay unions.

]]> By: peggysue http://www.radioopensource.org/flagging-comments/#comment-79719 peggysue Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:31:38 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/flagging-comments/#comment-79719 That should be Tina Modotti (not Mondotti) That should be Tina Modotti (not Mondotti)

]]> By: peggy sue http://www.radioopensource.org/flagging-comments/#comment-79718 peggy sue Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:05:08 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/flagging-comments/#comment-79718 Brendan, Thank you yes, this is all good and we've been waiting for it, I agree with sidewalker I'd prefer to have you as an emercency respondant than my Dad. You asked all us Communists to raise our hands? OK - though, its not very practical to be a communist in the USA these days. I'm registered as a Green, but in my heart of hearts I'm right there with Tina Mondotti and Che. I've worked in very hot kitchens and have found it helpful to go stand in the walk-in freezer to cool off once in a while. Vitrolic threads are not only unpleasant but they are boring. I hope you will be vigilant and ruthless. It's not censorship. It's editorial responsibility. As for the song Kumbaya. As I was being led into jail with a group of fellow Earth First!ers the jailer happened to comment "All right you guys, just don't start singing Kumbaya, OK?" Naturally I started singing Kumbaya but my commrades would't have it. They groaned and threw things at me. Months later when I was in a cell by myself and was suppose to be let out that day in my inpatience I suddenly discovered that the stainless steel jail table made an awesome steel drum. I started wailing on that table and singing Kumbaya like I was Jose Feliciano at Woodstock. It was the most incredible musical experience I've ever had. I love that song. Brendan, Thank you yes, this is all good and we’ve been waiting for it, I agree with sidewalker I’d prefer to have you as an emercency respondant than my Dad. You asked all us Communists to raise our hands? OK – though, its not very practical to be a communist in the USA these days. I’m registered as a Green, but in my heart of hearts I’m right there with Tina Mondotti and Che.

I’ve worked in very hot kitchens and have found it helpful to go stand in the walk-in freezer to cool off once in a while. Vitrolic threads are not only unpleasant but they are boring. I hope you will be vigilant and ruthless. It’s not censorship. It’s editorial responsibility.

As for the song Kumbaya. As I was being led into jail with a group of fellow Earth First!ers the jailer happened to comment “All right you guys, just don’t start singing Kumbaya, OK?” Naturally I started singing Kumbaya but my commrades would’t have it. They groaned and threw things at me. Months later when I was in a cell by myself and was suppose to be let out that day in my inpatience I suddenly discovered that the stainless steel jail table made an awesome steel drum. I started wailing on that table and singing Kumbaya like I was Jose Feliciano at Woodstock. It was the most incredible musical experience I’ve ever had. I love that song.

]]> By: Brendan http://www.radioopensource.org/flagging-comments/#comment-79717 Brendan Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:17:09 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/flagging-comments/#comment-79717 rc21, no comments will be deleted for the substantive nature of their content. The problem is not not that people are disagreeing about politics, but that they're doing so in an often hostile and unproductive manner. But there will be no political censorship, and no censorship of things illogical or silly. We'll let the rest of you hash out all the illogical and silly stuff. rc21, no comments will be deleted for the substantive nature of their content. The problem is not not that people are disagreeing about politics, but that they’re doing so in an often hostile and unproductive manner. But there will be no political censorship, and no censorship of things illogical or silly. We’ll let the rest of you hash out all the illogical and silly stuff.

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