The good news is that the Commentary link is working again. You can't have free discussion and debate if you suppress commentary.

The excuse that a few trolls are ruining the forum is a very very weak justification for censorship and suppression of debate. If you can't stand toe to toe with the trolls then must you run and hide?

The bad news is that the LA IMC censors are continuing to be a bit too heavy handed with hidden posts. This tends to suppress debate on some of the more interesting threads.

(To view the hidden posts go to http://la.indymedia.org/ and scroll down to the very bottom of the page. The link is in the extreme lower right hand corner. They appear to have tried to make it as inconspicuous as possible).

It beats me why they would hide this thread by mymicz? In the lead artcile mymicz raises some interesting points for debate. Why suppress mymicz?

http://la.indymedia.org/news/2004/01/101693.php

And here is a hidden thread that has a pretty interesting title:

LA Indy Peanut Gallery, a War of Words more rational 2004-01-20 3:04 AM

There's only so much hostility I can handle in one night, especially if it's not my own hostility being sprayed onto this site. Read on and meet the peanut gallery of LA Indymedia. (text/plain + 11 comments)

Clicking on this one brings up a blank screen. I guess simply hiding this one wasn't sufficient for our censors. Inability to take criticism by hiding or deleting such posts is a black mark on LA IMC admins.

Will the thread I'm starting here be hidden or deleted too? I would think it would based on what I'm seeing here.

Garaj