On 10/7/05 12:42 AM, "Anthony G. Atkielski" <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Unless the allegedly abusive poster is engaging in a technical denial > of service or other action unrelated to the actual substance of what > he is posting, there is never any reason to exclude him. Censorship > is disguised in many forms; many people like to practice it, but very > few are willing to call it what it is. I don't think the word censorship applies here - it's not clear to me that there's any absolute right to participate in IETF discussions. But anyway, the IETF makes decisions by rough consensus, and it's the nature of consensus process to be kind of fragile. If the participants don't share a similar commitment to both the outcome and the process itself, it's pretty easy for things to break down and progress to stop. In other words, someone being disruptive tends to be something worse than merely annoying. If the IETF made decisions by voting the considerations would be somewhat different. Melinda _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf