Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ukma!sean From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Censorship on the USENET Message-ID: Date: 21 Oct 90 20:00:37 GMT References: <1990Oct21.141502.26557@hoss.unl.edu> Distribution: comp Organization: The Leaning Tower of Patterson Office @ The Univ. of KY Lines: 24 riddle@hoss.unl.edu (Michael H. Riddle) writes: |What I mean is that the people paying the bill ought to have the right to |say how their resources are being used. While there are many good |purposes served by a free and open exchange of ideas on a wide variety of |subjects, I personally have some doubts that public funding, either from |my country or yours, ought to be involved in some of the discussions we |find on the net. I agree with this position, however... What if the admins decided they didn't want to carry just soc.culture.african.american? Or if they decided not to carry any women's groups. Or perhaps they had LPF influences and wouldn't carry any groups having to do with Apple computers? If I were on that system, I'd be very upset if someone started deciding what was appropriate for me to read. Especially if we're talking public funding. Sean -- *** Sean Casey sean@ms.uky.edu, sean@ukma.bitnet, ukma!sean *** "When all is said and done, it hardly ever is..."