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From: floyd@ims.alaska.edu (Floyd Davidson)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Fooling the censors
Message-ID: <1991Mar15.110012.8329@ims.alaska.edu>
Date: 15 Mar 91 11:00:12 GMT
References: <1991Mar13.033143.29172@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <1991Mar13.061240.9825@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <138@s5000.rsvl.unisys.com>
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gray@s5000.rsvl.unisys.com (Bill Gray x2128) writes:
>
>I notice that Karl is posting from a .COM site.  It seems to me that this
>strengthens his position, namely that he is using his own resources and
>can do with them as he sees fit.  From this it follows that he can pass or
>drop all or part of a news feed as the Spirit moves him.
>
>But I *think* the original poster complained that some unknown entity upline
>from him was dropping a.s.p.  In a followup article, the upline entity
>made himself known and explained that: 1.)  his charter didn't say anything
>about propagating dirty pictures and 2.) his system didn't have enough
>disk capacity to handle the phenomenal traffic a.s.p generates.
>
>But I believe the upline entity was a tax-supported institution.  If that is
>true, it may be worthwhile to ask why rec.autos (for example) is worthy of
>a tax subsidy and alt.sex.pictures is not.  One could dwell on the damage
>done to our ecology by autos, the economic implications of extravagant oil
>consumption due to our cultural dependence on cars, the loss of life and the
>other health effects of cars, etc., and perhaps make a case as damning to
>rec.autos as can be made against alt.sex.pictures (which, I hasten to add,
>I am not defending).

Depends on two things (in order):

	1)  What is Karl's interest in (subject matter)

	2)  How much disk space does rec.autos use compared 
	    to a.s.p.

End of debate?

Floyd
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