Dear fellow LiST-OWNers, The "moderation conundrum" is, I think, not a very relevant one. Even on so-called unmoderated lists, there is quite a bit of moderation going on, in terms of actions after (in)appropriate postings. Combinations of private email to good or bad posters, and posted notes by the `moderators' certainly fall within the notion of moderation, I think. Let's call the beast by its name: are we talking about prior and/or retroactive censorship? I prefer the term moderator over list owner; after all, what property is possessed in a list -- is it copyright and if so, owned by whom, since list owners, at least of lists with subscribe=public, excercise little control over the contents and expression of the list of subscribers. Thus, they hardly give their personal mark to the list of subscribers as required for copy- rightability to apply (they might edit them, though, to give them a neater appearance)? Regards -- Herman J. Woltring Biomch-L (send=public, subscribe=public, review=private, some files = private)