Effective today, I have resigned from AIDSMythExposed at MSN Groups, in protest of the moderators' policy of selective censorship of any post which contains information possibly contrary to the moderators' views, while failing to block ad hominem attacks (most egregiously, those posts which accuse a member of being a "fake persuader", a "ringer", or other such accusations.)

It is my strong feeling that such policies do a grave disservice to our whole movement, to the discussion of AIDS-related issues, and furthermore, these policies serve to make us all look like a bunch of paranoid tinfoil hats who refuse to debate relevant issues, and who bury our heads in the sand at the first sign of potentially contrary information.

Insult is added to injury, in that this is the very sort of behavior on the part of the orthodoxy, which causes so many of us to be critical of the orthodoxy.  When our side engages in this sort of behavior, it makes all of us look hypocritical.

Those who agree with my stance on this issue, and wish to register their own opposition to these policies, are encouraged to:

1)  Contact the moderators directly, either through the AME forum, or via email:   [email protected]

2)  Forward this letter to other AME members who might be similarly opposed to these policies.

3)  Resign from AME, and join other dissident forums, if you have not done so already.  I highly recommend the following groups, which do not practice the censorship policies practiced by Rod Knoll and his co-moderators at AME:

http://groups.msn.com/TheScientificDebateForum-

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIDSsoc/

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