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From: cr1@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Anubis)
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Subject: Re: caution on vulgar replies
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Date: 29 Jan 91 19:12:37 GMT
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In article <42996@nigel.ee.udel.edu> new@ee.udel.edu (Darren New) writes:
>In article <20695@know.pws.bull.com> 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.
>
>Hmmm...  I'm not new to the net, but I would sure like
>to find out where it is documented that "vulgar" words
>are not allowed to be emailed.  I'd also like to

Private mail between people is censored?  Hey, I'd just love to see this
taken to court.  I think although Mr. Aubin might be able to get the university
to kick the poor guy out, the guy could sue the university and win.

>find out exactly which words are "vulgar." It would
>be especially interesting if such "vulgar" words

Since when is vulgarism against the law?  It isn't.  Show me the law.  
Obscenity, now THAT is against the law.  Vulgarism, however, can at
the most be merely in bad taste.

>were available electronically. Think about it.
>
>
>Cut us a break, Mr. Aubin.  Get a life. Grow up. All that stuff.
>       -- Darren
Agreed.  It is a shame that justice can be warped like this.  As long
as those of us who live in the USA wish to live in a democracy, we must
fight for the rights of the lowest slimeball as well as the most just cause.

>-- 
>--- Darren New --- Grad Student --- CIS --- Univ. of Delaware 

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