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    What if some postmaster told you that you could no longer send or
    receive mail because he didn't think he should "cooperate" with FSF.

That would be obnoxious; however, it is not like anything I have considered
doing.  In fact, it is quite beyond my powers.

To make a better analogy: the Republican National Committee can send
US mail to anyone, but they can't send US mail to all the people in my
address list.  Since I don't agree with their goals, I won't give them
the list.  But there is no person who is prevented by this from
exchanging letters with the Republican National Committee.  No one is
having his "mail censored".

    You and many others are certainly not interested in Berry's news but,
    there may be some that are.  They have a right to receive his news.

If the New York Times declines to publish something of interest to
you, is that violating your rights?  If Zeta magazine refuses to
publish articles by conservatives, is that violating the rights of
would-be conservative readers?  I don't think so.  Likewise, if
we decline to lend info-gcc to Berry's purposes, that violates no
rights of yours.  You can still communicate with Berry if you wish.