On 09 Aug 2007 22:01:30 -0500, <wollmannizer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>[N.B.: An invalid charter designed to restrict freedom of speech
>is being multi-posted by Edmond H. Wollmann under a variety of
>names and services.]
>
>================================================================
>Superseding Charter version 1.1
>modified Septemer 6, 1998, 2:10 a.m.,
>California, USA
>
>This unmoderated newsgroup was proposed and created for
>discussion of the psychological/metaphysical/spiritual
>aspects of astrology and its applications.
>
>=========Charter for alt.astrology.metapsych=========
>
>Charter: This group is for astrologers and students and
>critics of astrology or practicing therapists and
>psychologists to discuss aspects of astrology primarily,
>but not limited to, psychological/metaphysical/spiritual
>approaches of counsel and practice. This includes;
>
>1) Personal analysis of horoscopes based on full data
> and information.
>2) Psychological approaches and remediation methods
> in counsel.
>3) Psychological fields of approach.
>4) Metaphysical and/or spiritual approaches and their
> connections.
>5) Humanistic, holistic or other modern or otherwise
> defined as new age approaches.
>6) The testability and validity of astrological and
> psychological systems.
>
>Since this group is proposed on the basis of ethical
>and respectable service oriented counsel and
>astrological application and discussion, the following
>cl***** of posts are not welcome;
>
>1) Advertisements of any sort.
>2) JPEG's, GIF's, Animations, ASCII art, or other still
> or motion based images.
>3) Posting of notice of complaints of off-topicness simply
> because of disagreement.
>4) Those containing URL's to commercial websites.
>5) Posts crossposted to more than five discussion groups.
>6) Posts containing follow-ups set only to sender.
>7) Posts containing follow-ups set only outside of this
> newsgroup.
>8) Canned screeds or boilerplate copy cannot be posted
> more than once every six months.
>
>There are no restrictions regarding methods, systems,
>criticisms, or philosophies regarding application techniques.
>All astrological applications are welcome and/or services
>employing such as a part of their service. Skeptical posts
>and posts containing discussion of testing and validity of
>astrological, psychological, and metaphysical methods are
>welcome.
>
>Only by discarding the unworkable and revising theories to
>contain what "works" can science succeed. As astrology is an
>art/science it must adhere to the rigors of the scientific
>method. Innovative techniques and the integration of related
>cross disciplines to the subject matter are also welcome.
>Flame wars and disagreements are a natural consequence of
>this type of combination of unmoderated, free-speech
>protected electronic medium, and it is acknowleged that no
>newsgroup will ever be completely flame-free. Flame wars
>which spill over into private email, however, are
>discouraged and alt.astrology.metapsych posters are
>asked to use maturity and good judgement in these
>matters.
>
>Justification of Reader****p:
>alt.astrology.metapsych already exists, but requires an
>updated charter to correct a previous unworkable version.
>
>Reason for submitting a modified charter:
>The charter that was sent with the original control
>message upon creation was unworkable and overly
>restrictive, especially in light of its status as
>an unmoderated alt newsgroup. The rules prevously in
>place could only be policed by a moderator, and in
>the abscence of an official moderator, soon became
>onerous and unenforceable. Because there are many negative
>and censorious persons ("wannabe moderators") who are
>bigoted against free speech, and who abuse and corrupt the
>charter by insisting that others follow it (and making
>dramatic, false, and harmful complaints to service
>providers), all while violating the charter themselves,
>updating and modifying the language of this charter
>was necessary. The resultant changes provide for a freer,
>more mature, and balanced forum of discussion, and still
>restrict the topic while maintaining a more workable,
>enforceable, and less easily misused and corrupted set
>of rules. Indeed, periodic updating of the charter is
>seen as a healthy way to grow a vibrant, relevant, and
>usable newsgroup. This updated charter supersedes
>the original and has the blessings of usenet news and
>policy administrators and experts and is made official
>by announcement in the appropriate control, bulletin,
>and config groups and storage at ftp.uu.net, ftp.isc.org,
>and the website at:
>
>http://www.microserve.net/~dave/aam_charter.html
>
>Usenet posters insistent on control issues concerning
>this topic are free to create an
>alt.astrology.metapsych.moderated group and may post there.
IAWTP
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gburnore at DataBasix dot Com
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