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From: a177@mindlink.UUCP (Tony Bearman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: free advertising
Message-ID: <2026@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jun 90 23:35:20 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> m1tdg00@fsrcs1.fed.frb.gov writes:
> 
> Msg-ID: <M1TDG00.90Jun7091112@fsrcs1.fed.frb.gov>
> Posted: 7 Jun 90 08:11:12 GMT
> 
> Org.  : Federal Reserve Board
> Person: Taegan D. Goddard
> 
> 
> ]   >>
> ]   >> The following is taken from PC-Hands On magazine:
> ]   >>[an add for some constitution program]
> ]   >
> ]   >Why in the world is this posted?  The USENET is not a free advertizing
> ]   >medium!
> ]   >-----
> ]   >Mark Schaffer     ...!uunet!cbmvax!hutch!cattie!marks
> ]   >                  16448591@vuvaxcom.BITNET
> ]
> ]
> ]   I agree wholeheartedly, Mark.
> ]
> ]   Others who might disagree include the DOZENS of people who have been
> ]   posting systems, parts and software FOR SALE in this group during the
> ]   last few months.
> ]
> ]   What is this, Burger King?
> ]
> 
> No, this is America.  Everyone has a right to free speech in this country.
> 
> Maybe you should learn about the Bill of Rights.  You don't have to read
> something if you don't want to, but please don't try to censor others.
> 
> ...and this is Canada, Sir. And the next person to read this may be in
> Australia...or Switzerland...or...
> 
> Your informative posting on the features and merits of the Liberty! programme
> (or whatever it was) should not really be the issue here, and I believe you
> may have been overly sensitive and missed a valid point.
> 
> This is an *international* news conference, and it has established guidelines
> for discussion and postings.
> 
> "Item for sale" is not among the topics. (Is there a moderator in the house?)
> 
> If Joe Bloggs from Sacramento wants to sell his PC XT, I doubt that anyone in
> Austria, Canada, or for that matter, New York, is a likely target for the
> pitch. And we're *all* paying long distance and connect time for the
> bandwidth.
> 
> 'Nuff said.
> 
> Tony.
>