why is this list being moderated?

Dear colleague

why is this list being moderated?

I received this automatic reply to my recent posting:

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Your mail to 'SHE_Forum' with the subject

     Re: Report on ASHE Conference

Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval.

The reason it is being held:

     Post to moderated list

Either the message will get posted to the list, or you will receive
notification of the moderator's decision. If you would like to cancel
this posting, please visit the following URL:
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that sounds like censorship to me.

what are the guidelines?
who is the moderator?
how was she/he elected?
who decided this?

I noted the introduction to the list:

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Welcome to the Society for Heterodox Economics (SHE) forum. This is a forum
for economists outside neoclassical economics to discuss and debate issues
of interest - a place for economists who depart from or dissent from
orthodoxy in any way to exchange ideas, debate points and make research
contacts free from the drudgery of dealing with the usual reaction that
such approaches receive.
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moderation is the antithesis of freedom. it is a control mechanism (however
benign) that does not
belong in an Open Progressive Economist Network (OPEN).

if the list is to be moderated then I request that my E-mail address be
removed.

best wishes
bill

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University of Newcastle
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Received on Fri Jan 17 03:36:37 2003