Path: utzoo!dciem!nttor!contact!zooid!pondscum
From: pondscum@zooid (Lima Bone)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: caution on vulgar replies
Message-ID: <2Tkiw3w162w@zooid>
Date: 28 Jan 91 22:30:48 GMT
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tba@pws.bull.com (Todd Aubin) writes:

> 
> Just to let those who are new to the net know...
> 
> It is a documented offense to reply to a usenet poster
> and use vulgar langauge.
> 
> I am currently involved with a lawsuit against a usenet
> post at a university in Calafornia who said mail to
> me via a system at his school, and through a system
> at my company. 
> 
> I don't know how many people know this. I have not use vulgar
> language (F__, S__, etc) when posting because I have been
> posting for many years and have learned by reading, but I was
> astounded by the fact that so many lawsuits have been
> successfull.
> 
> Incidentally, the worst they do is remove the individual from the
> school, with no criminal record.
> 
> I have learned a lot, but it has cost a lot. I found out that
> freedom of speach works as long as you have purchases the
> medium of broadcast of have aproval of the broadcast material 
> form the broadcastee. (No so with the person I am suing according
> to PacTel and his University)
> 
> This all started when I had accidentally posted to the wrong
> group and I recieved a letter sent to me which contained
> several vulgar statements, verbal abuse in a specific sense,
> from a person in CA, who among other things promotes his
> ego in his signature ("never heard of ____ University, than
> you're stupid).
> 
> If you have had simular reactions from this person, please mail
> evidence. I need only two more accounts concerning this individual
> and I can remove him, according to the University.
> 
> Sorry to bore the rest of you.
> -- 
> Todd B. Aubin                        | uunet!hbiso!tba or tba@pws.bull.com
> ISO Unix Marketing Support           | "Boring disclaimer:" The above views
> Bull Information Systems, Inc.       | are mine and are not meant to reflect
> Technology Park, Billerica, MA 01821 | the views of my employer.

 
 You are suing a guy for using the F word??

 Whoa! When I was a young 'un. Some friends and I ran into a restaurant and 
said something along the lines of:
 
"Hey everybody, the cook took a F-ing S- in the soup!" and ran out the door. 
I know this was juvenile, but what the he*k, I was a juvenile. Anyways, the 
maitre de or however you spell it actually beat up a kid whom he thought was 
with us, and then phoned the cops. The cops came and laid charges on HIM, 
and he told the person that swearing is not a criminal offence. This is 
Canada and I dunno where you are from, but perhaps you are taking this a bit 
seriously. I mean, if the guy is from Cali, maybe he had too much sun that 
day.
 
 Lima Bone