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Originally Posted by BoldlyDubious
I think that this is an interesting thread. I also think that MattW's posts were civil and reasonable in their content and tone, and that even the one that MattW defined as a "rant" could not, by any reasonable definition of "political rant", be classified as one.
So, I found the "moderating" intervention by HarryT to be inappropriate.
Inappropriate, but oddly pertinent to this thread, that is. I think it's creepy that we (the world) have come to a point where public discussions about privacy issues get stopped for no clear reasons.
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OK, so you don't think that a post of 500+ words where you can find the word 'government(s)' 7 times is political. That's fine, but HarryT didn't say that the thread will be closed, so the discussion wouldn't be stopped. And there is a "Politics and Religion" forum and the members who post there are actually interested in discussing politics and religion. The majority of the members of MobileRead don't want to discuss politics and religion, and don't want to have the high tension that results from discussions on politics and religion interfere with the regular threads.
And I could be wrong, but I think that usually Moderator Notices come as a result a decision among moderators and not just one person's snap judgement.