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Originally Posted by mtravellerh
Would you like us to censor Mister Kaufman, thereby playing in his cards?
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Yes.
Moderating a forum -- including suspending or banning a user -- is not "censorship," it's editorial enforcement of the site's policies.
He has several forums to air his views, and has been extremely rude to the MR community. He is clearly not interested in polite discussion or sound arguments; rather, he regards us all as murderous infants who need to be "saved" from our own ability to choose an appropriate medium to read a book.
I'm fairly confident that if I repeatedly characterized anyone who disagreed with me as a genocidal anti-semitic totalitarian, I'd be out on my ear. I see no reason why Kaufman should be treated any differently than anyone else.
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Originally Posted by mtravellerh
Please stay civilized when debating his posts is all we have to contribute! Everybody here is free to express his views pertaining to eBooks, even if those views seem somewhat extreme!
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Since Kaufman is not behaving in a civilized manner, why should we tolerate his presence? I have yet to see much, if any, evidence that he is following the posting guidelines.
I don't mind discussing "extreme" views or even engaging in strong disagreements with other posters, and I believe there are rational means by which one can object to certain trends or even the very existence of ebooks. But it's quite clear that Kaufman does not happen to be engaging in any such discussion.