Xref: utzoo comp.misc:11433 comp.org.eff.talk:1454 alt.censorship:1233 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!rutgers!mcdchg!ddsw1!zane From: zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh) Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.org.eff.talk,alt.censorship Subject: Re: Prodigy Special Offer hits my mailbox... Message-ID: <1991Feb12.214700.29787@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Date: 12 Feb 91 21:47:00 GMT References: <1991Feb11.061828.20234@looking.on.ca> <91042.101105U23379@uicvm.uic.edu> Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM Contributor, Wheeling, IL Lines: 38 In article <91042.101105U23379@uicvm.uic.edu> U23379@uicvm.uic.edu (Henry Young) writes: >oh? I don't recall having to pay for every piece of mail I receive! >Besides I could write my note on my pc, upload it, and send it easy enough... > >I was considering trying prodigy, but if they censure, forget it. If they were ~~~~~~~ >a foreign based service, I could see them getting away with it. But This >is the US of A! As long as they censure (except the most extremely obnoxious ~~~~~~~ >users who abuse it), they should be avoided. Likewise if some jerk were to >send me (or anyone) 10000+ notes, the receivers shouldn't be subject to >paying for unsolicited mail! I don't use compuserve because they are >expensive, but I would rather pay a higher upkeep for fair service.... > > Hum, They would probably be liable to lawsuits for this, especially if they >still charge someone for sending a note that gets "CANNED"! > >Well, I've said my piece. > > - Henry Young - I think when you say censure you mean censor. . . (Merriam Webster 1974 says:) 1cen - sure \'sen-ch@r\ n 1. The act of blaming or condeming sternly 2. an official reprimand. 2censure vb cen - sured : cen - suring to find fault with and criticize as blame worthy. 1cen - sor \'sen-s@r\ n 1: one of two early Roman Magistrates whose duties included taking the census. 2: an official who inspects printed matter or sometimes motion pictures with power to suppress anything objectionable. 2censor vb to subject to censorship -- zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM