Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!rex!uflorida!cs.fau.edu!theo From: theo.bbs@shark.cs.fau.edu (Theo Heavey) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Fooling the censors Message-ID: Date: 15 Mar 91 02:11:45 GMT References: <1991Mar13.144859.4668@alphalpha.com> Sender: bbs@cs.fau.edu (Waffle BBS) Organization: Florida Atlantic University Lines: 23 nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) writes: > > > >If you are going to offer news groups to down-stream sites, you do > Passing newsfeeds on is a favor, nothing more. We're not talking > censorship here, we're talking disk space, cpu time and free phone > lines. > I have deleted quite a bit of verbage in an effort to be brief. Has anyone else noticed how excitable we all become when accused of censorship or more pointedly losing our feeds? Does anyone realize that providing these feeds that cannot afford or are not allowed the "luxury" of feeds at their site is a very tireless and thankless job? It is not your RIGHT to a feed, it is a PRIVLEDGE ---- abuse of which (or the persons that provide it) will terminate this priviledge. If you do have a 'good samaritan' who sends along your feed or mail in general, ring them up and remind them that you appreciate their efforts. Remember that on all ends of this 'CyberSpace' there are human beings.