response 8 of 46:

Feb 5 23:32 UTC 2004

If you are saying the proper solution is whatever the grex voters decide,
then I beg to differ. If they vote in favor of reinstatement, then yes,
they will have found the proper solution because it balances jep's rights
to control his own words with the rights of others to control theirs. It
will also balance jep's rights to deny access to certain information with
the rights of others to provide and/or access helpful information. 

The unfortunate fact that jep cannot deny access to 100% of the
information about him is merely a byproduct of his previous decision to
post publicly. He was warned and he continued. Therefore, any incidental
burden (a burden which jep has not really even demonstrated to date)
fairly falls on him and should not be borne by innocent posters and others
who may benefit from whatever words may remain. 

If grex votes in favor of jep's request, that will not be a proper
solution.  Instead it will simply prove grex does not believe in free and
uncensored speech. It will prove grex does not really care about providing
information to others in need, even after JEP HIMSELF said he wished such
information were available to him. It will prove grex has no compassion
for strangers or newbies, but only for favored insiders. As such, it will
not be a proper solution; it will merely prove grex has no core
principles that cannot be trumped by the desire to do personal favors for
favored persons.