Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ccut!wnoc-tyo-news!dclsic!sjc!spider!leia!harkcom From: harkcom@potato.pa.Yokogawa.Co.jp (Alton Harkcom) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Len Rose and problems in Illinois Message-ID: Date: 7 Nov 90 17:48:16 GMT References: <1990Oct29.175540.23987@uncecs.edu> <1990Oct30.035606.1282@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <4576@rsiatl.UUCP> Sender: news@leia.pa.yokogawa.co.jp Organization: Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. Lines: 31 In-reply-to: jgd@rsiatl.UUCP's message of 31 Oct 90 08:00:42 GMT In article <4576@rsiatl.UUCP> jgd@rsiatl.UUCP (John G. DeArmond) writes: =}As long as we are talking about doubts, let me pose a couple. If: =} =} [Mr. Haugh's libelous statements are even partially correct] =} =}Then will YOU post an appology to John? I wouldn't. Whatever the outcome of Mr.Rose's court battle, Mr. Haugh was wrong in posting libelous statements about Mr. Rose. If those libelous statements were the real reason for Mr. Rose losing a job, then Mr. Haugh at least owes Mr. Rose an apology. And IMHO Mr. Rose should demand compensation from Mr. Haugh for the wrong he has suffered. I know almost nothing of Mr. Rose's situation, but reading the posts of the main people involved in this discussion has left me with a definite lack of respect (and currently approaching antipathy) for many them. They seem to be screaming out at the government "Please take away all of the freedoms involved with using computers! But don't take mine! Just those lousy people who aren't as good as I am. You know the ones, the ones who aren't me." And there are some people out there saying "I don't know what that Len did, but I hope he fries because it's people like him that make UNIX so insecure. Why if everybody were rightminded like I am, then we wouldn't even have to worry about UNIX being secure!" (Sorry to bring up an old post, but our feed is still in time warp ;-) -- -- $@2#2OEE5!3t<02q