Interesting, though, Becky, that the death threat someone posted against you, as well as other hate speech (including using the "C" word in reference to you) *was* removed. I give you credit for staying away from vulgarities, though.

I like the wikipedia format, too, but that is an international site. The comment section works much like a correction section, but obviously doesn't let people edit the actual text.

My experience with the Santa Cruz IMC is that is it a lot more lenient than other Indy sites. (Take, for example, the fact that your critical comments are still here.) I've found that other sites are a lot more heavy handed.

So far I've only had a couple of posts removed. When I reviewed the editorial guidelines (something like that), I recognized how someone might have interpreted them as being in violation of their policies. It wasn't such a big deal. I rewrote them and learned from it and now I don't have any problems since I understand the parameters I'm dealing with.

As for the UCSC Project, thanks for writing this article. I understand how really loud amplified music can interfere with instruction, but limiting the use of a megaphone is riduculous! I find this to be sexist since women generally have softer voices than men.

Limiting "free speech" to all public areas ten feet *outside* of buildings seems excessive and restrictive to me, especially since the vast majority of people spend most of their time indoors. A great protest might be a mass reading of the Bill of Rights, via "talking" on cell phones like the Rev. Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping has done. (His website is www.revbilly.com.)