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From: brooks@vette.llnl.gov (Eugene Brooks)
Newsgroups: gnu.gcc
Subject: Re: (none)
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Date: 17 Jun 89 04:01:50 GMT
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In article <8906170205.AA00659@sugar-bombs.ai.mit.edu> rms@AI.MIT.EDU writes:
>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.

Actually, the more correct analogy is a public service cable TV channel
refusing to carry Berry's message.  In this case the situation is differnet.
We must remember that FSF is using the USENET to achieve further distribution
of their news and that this has some costs such as carrying all views.
If FSF want so censor its mailing list it should disconnect from the USENET.


brooks@maddog.llnl.gov, brooks@maddog.uucp