Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sample.eng.ohio-state.edu!purdue!haven.umd.edu!umd5!voronoi.cs.jhu.edu!eifrig From: eifrig@cs.jhu.edu (Jack Eifrig) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy Subject: Canceling someone else's article Summary: Should we start "alt.schemes.pyramid"? Message-ID: Date: 29 May 91 20:35:29 GMT Lines: 39 In article <1991May29.194655.16026@solbourne.com> imp@solbourne.com (Warner Losh) writes: >He posted an article that was way out of line (one of those >pyramid schemes) that was clearly against established USENET >guidelines. It also didn't fall into the charter of the group that he >posted it to. OK, I can see it now: a call-for-votes for "rec.letters.chain". The problem isn't that his posting was "inappropriate" for the groups it appeared in, but that it was _illegal_. It constituted WIRE FRAUD!!! >>He should respond to his flamers and let them know that he has a RIGHT >>to post anything he wants. > >No, USENET is not a RIGHT. It is a PRIVILEGE that can be revoked for >abuse, just like driving a car. These kind of statements really annoy me. What do you mean, "it's a privilege"? Do you mean that only people of royal blood can drive cars or post to Usenet or some such nonsense? While I'm sure that certain elements of the government would like to think that they can revoke people's driving licenses without due process, people get very unhappy when it attempts such. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "On the other hand, groups like Planned Parenthood, the Charter Party, the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Organization of Women, are all part of an anti-Christian network whose cause is to work for anti-Christian goals. That network is overly peopled by members of the Reform Jewish Community and men whom I believe to be Freemasons." - James J. Condit, Jr. Cincinnatus Party's perennial candidate for city council --------------------------------------------------------------------------------