[stylist] What is allowed or not allowed on NFB lists

[Judith Bron]

Joe, Are you a parent?  If your child opened his/her email to offensive
material how would you feel?  Sometimes we have to think about other people
than ourselves.  Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 12:09 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] What is allowed or not allowed on NFB lists


> What I find interesting is that it seems very few people actually share
> their writing on the list.  The debate is almost comical considering
> people
> are running every which way before it even starts raining.  Writing is an
> artistic expression, and does art really distinguish age?  A sculpture of
> a
> naked body, for example, is nothing more than a depiction of nature, but
> it
> would appear some here would find its display obscenely offensive.  It's a
> matter of perception, I suppose, but art is either free or it is nothing
> more than an assignment.  Conforming to specific rules is not an exercise
> in
> creativity.  It is bending to someone else's view of what art ought to be.
> I'm sorry that some are opposed to strong language, violence and
> descriptions of sex, but if you are completely opposed to the content
> before
> it has even been given a chance to be shared, and if you are opposed to it
> even with precautionary warnings, you are living in a protective bubble.
> You need not agree with the material to be able to take what works for you
> and learn from it to strengthen your own preferred style of writing.  It
> almost seems like sharing material here is more trouble than it's worth.
>
> Joe
>
> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Robert Leslie Newman
> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 11:26 PM
> To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
> Subject: [stylist] What is allowed or not allowed on NFB lists
>
> List members, 2 things:
>
> First- I have written the NFB webmaster, David Andrews for an
> accounting on
> what we or any one can post to an NFB mailing list. Soon we
> will know what
> our limits are, no matter if we personally or as a Division
> want one thing
> or another, the higher authority will rule.
>
> Second- There again, guys, one way to share that avoids any list rules
> and/or one individual's personal dislikes, is to ask for
> volunteers and the
> author sends his or her work via attachment to those who are
> willing to read
> the work.
>
>
>
> Robert Leslie Newman
> President NFB Writers' division
> Writers' Division Website-
> http://www.nfb-writers-division.org
> <http://www.nfb-writers-division.org/>
> Personal Website-
> http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
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