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From: phil@amd70.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
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Subject: Re: Offensiveness (long article) - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 3-Nov-83 23:44:02 EST
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Frank, I liked the quote from Bradbury, but you should consider that
he worked in a different medium than we use. Censorship of books is
bad, but censorship of the airwaves is, I think, accepted by all.

Consider USENET as a broadcast medium rather than print, for we who
run it have management to answer to. I hope you saw the articles from
Shell and the Bell sites in Colorado announcing their management's
reaction to articles like BLKTRN. Until the day when most of the machines
on USENET are privately owned rather than the property of large
corporations, we will have to censor ourselves or be censored.

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Phil Ngai (408) 988-7777 {ucbvax|decwrl|ihnp4|allegra}!amd70!phil