Xref: utzoo comp.admin.policy:215 alt.flame:33999 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!spool.mu.edu!uunet!uswnvg!dfpedro From: dfpedro@uswnvg.UUCP (Donn Pedro) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy,alt.flame Subject: Re: Canceling someone else's article Message-ID: <869@uswnvg.UUCP> Date: 2 Jun 91 16:57:56 GMT Article-I.D.: uswnvg.869 References: <1991May30.105742.16613@metapro.DIALix.oz.au> Followup-To: s Lines: 43 In article , sbrack@bluemoon.uucp (Steven S. Brack) writes: : bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au (Bernd Felsche) writes: : : > >he got harassing e-mail, he should contact the sender's sysop and the : > know better". Assuming that somebody is a fool because of one error, is : > extreme prejudice. : : Don't say that in news.admin. 8) : One error does not a fool make. It is the repeated refusal to recognise the error and correct it. It is the inability to say, "I was wrong," that makes the fool. : > Never over-react. Keep your cool (or borrow some if you don't have any). : > Remember, we all start out being ignorant. : : THe USENet learning curve is fairly steep, but any "problems" : with users' articles should be dealt with promptly. Sysadmins : would probably have less damage control to do if they provided : more education before the fact. Agreed. Everyone should read the guide to network news and have a full understanding of the site's particular posting policy. : Exactly. There has never been such a thing as absolute free : speech in America, & as long as news providers, not individual : posters are paying the transport cost, they have a fairly : absolute right to determine what goes over their outgoing : (or even transfer) newsfeed. And that is precisely the thing most fail to understand. If I own a machine I can transport what I wish over it. You can say what you wish but I am not obligated to echo it to the world. Before you hit 'f' read this. I don't care what you say. I probobly would echo your words worldwide but, I am not obligated to. Donn Pedro ...................{uunet, sequent, pn1}!uswnvg!dfpedro.