Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ra!Ra.MsState.Edu!fwp1 From: fwp1@CC.MsState.Edu (Frank Peters) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Censorship on the USENET Message-ID: Date: 5 Nov 90 14:44:49 GMT References: <1990Nov01.064916.19218@looking.on.ca> <1990Nov02.044428.2834@looking.on.ca> <1990Nov2.141012.25200@ncs <1990Nov05.033218.21980@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Sender: usenet@ra.MsState.Edu Distribution: na Organization: Computing Center, Mississippi State University Lines: 24 Nntp-Posting-Host: tzu.cc.msstate.edu In-reply-to: zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM's message of 5 Nov 90 03:32:18 GMT In article <1990Nov05.033218.21980@ddsw1.MCS.COM> zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh) writes: Mr. Peters claims that a university or government does not wish to fund someone's work because it is found objectionable, it is not censorship. However that same university or government is funded by the person submitting the work (In paying tuition or taxes) then it is censorship. Nonsense. I pay taxes but that does not mean that the government owes me a job or is obligated to pay for my personal pet project (be it a book or work of art or usenet article). Once again, when the government refuses to give me money it is not censorship. When the government refuses to let me use my own money or seek other sources of funding then THAT is censorship. FWP -- -- Frank Peters Internet: fwp1@CC.MsState.Edu Bitnet: FWP1@MsState Phone: (601)325-2942 FAX: (601)325-8921