There are two freedoms - "I won't join a moderated group."
A statement such as this smacks of insecurity.
Although we do welcome insecure people on any of these groups, there is of course a problem. Insecure people don't believe that their postings could possibly be good enough to be accepted by the moderator.
They also question their true intentions - what could they want to post that would indeed be rejected by the moderator? Maybe something that's off topic or improper or abusive or would it have some other serious fault that does not deserve to be posted? If so, then they indeed should not post it to the group.
After all, if it's not going to be accepted by the moderator then by its very nature it would not be acceptable to the group, at least in the judgment of the moderator.
And the moderator is the one to know.
Those who want to violate the criteria, ideals, and bases for the existence of teh group should not be permitted to post.
Thus, the statement "I won't post to a moderated group" is a double-edged sword.
In effect, both the subscriber and the moderator agree that the posting should not go on the group.
Perhaps it is precisely for people such as these that the group is moderated in the first place.
the false one,
where a man is free
to do what he likes;
and the true one,
where a man is free to do
what he ought.
- Charles Kingsley
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