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From: petrilli@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Chris Petrilli)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Racism on the Net
Keywords: Racists flowing out of the closet
Message-ID: <33134@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jul 90 16:11:56 GMT
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Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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In article <1412@madnix.UUCP> robert@madnix.UUCP (Robert Moldenhauer) writes:
>I've tired of reading racist statements on the Net.  Do we have to put
>upt with this outflow of biggotry against Iranians?  What if someone had
>said "All Blacks are xxxxxx" or "Jews are yyyyy"?  Why don't all these 
>folks who are responding to the misplaced appeal for aid for earthquake
>victims just go to their KKK meetings and leave us alone.  Better, shouldn't
>there be rules against making racist statements on the Net?
>Racism doesn't help the murdered folks on Iran Air or Pan Am or KAL, it 
>just adds to the possibility that these tragedies will be repeated.
>

If more importantly, and I'm violating this, but I see it as being paramount,
can we have a rule concerning where things get posted.  The call for help
for Iran was uncalled for on all the comp.* areas, and should have been 
elsewhere.  I read 50 copies of it, and feel it an undue burden on the 
traffic.  

No there shouldn't be a rule against free speech!  If you want to be racist,
and show your true "colors" (pun intended), go ahead.  I now know more about
you then before.  Racism help noone, but neither does abridging 
free speech.

Apologize to all system administrators and systems for the misplaced comment.

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