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From: amanda@intercon.uu.net (Amanda Walker)
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Subject: Re: USENET site admin responsibilities
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Date: 8 Sep 89 15:20:09 GMT
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In article <2053@munnari.oz.au>, gja@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au (Inspector Gadget)
writes:
> 	Sitting all the way 'down under' listening to "I've got
> rights that _you_ must pay for me to exercise" garbage makes me
> wonder how you guys ever get _anywhere_ under you're own steam.

Well, the U.S. seems to be in the middle of an epidemic of the idea that
"life should be fair," usually with the corrolary that it's up to "someone
else" to make it fair.  This is reflected in the great increase in stupid
litigation we've had over the last couple of decades, as well as a growing
tendency to think of "rights" as some magic thing that lets you do whatever
you want to.  Not all of us share these ideas, but I guess it's not too
surprising that a lot of people on Usenet (especially in the U.S.) do.

Sigh.

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Amanda Walker
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"Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain."
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