Below is an excerpt from an email I received from BarryD:

BarryD wrote:
"I tried to post the Geosciences info about the Viking LR data going online at Afterhours, but Justin Kelly removed it almost as soon as I posted. Nice to see another "unbiased" bbs board! Nothing like just ignoring the aspects of science eh? Of course all seem to support Nick Hoffman's carbon dioxide Mars. Incredible. Afterhours is no better than Hoagland's site in my view. Hoagland too censors all the info he does not like."

Alex writes:
I notified BarryD that it was my impression that Justin Kelly and/or Robert Shepherd exercise moderator control over the various bulletin board systems at habitablezone.com and moreover, that I was just an occasional participant in the discussions. That said, however, I notified him that I would post in the Space BBS asking whether he is prohibited from posting or whether his subject matter is banned. Interestingly, I believe that I asked this same question (several months ago in a thread with Keith Cowing). IIRC Justin posted that BarryD was in fact NOT banned. Just curious.

Alex R. Blackwell
University of Hawaii