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From: igb@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Ian G Batten)
Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy
Subject: Re: Canceling someone else's article
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Date: 6 Jun 91 08:54:49 GMT
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In article <1991Jun1.174136.6258@rock.concert.net> mcmahan@cs.unca.edu (Scott McMahan) writes:
> Sure, if you own your *own* computer, you can do whatever you want
> with it.  Try denying access to a black person sometime!  You are 
> _still_ subject to _some_ laws!  If you *did* deny access, and if
> the person decided to take it to court, you'd be in *hot water* .

Is US law really in the position where you can't choose how to use
private property?  Not company, or state, or federal, but private?  If
it isn't, do you think it should be?

ian