DirectoriesA discusson about directories and not sites with directories included within them. Directories include sites like DMOZ, Yahoo Directory, etc.
DMoz is a human edited directory and Google always support the DMoz listing.
Not only every human edited directories are welcomed by Google. This is the reason why they take a long time in showing the post.
I personally think that many of the editorial people that decides to approve or decline sites also have their own websites listed there. This means there's less chance you'll get approved because your competition with them at the end of the day.