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From: elkins@ttidcc.UUCP (Richard Elkins)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Usenet should exclude South Africa
Message-ID: <85@ttidcc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 13-Jan-86 12:03:18 EST
Article-I.D.: ttidcc.85
Posted: Mon Jan 13 12:03:18 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jan-86 05:01:18 EST
References: <704@pucc-j>
Reply-To: elkins@ttidcb.UUCP (Richard Elkins)
Organization: Transaction Technology, Inc. (CitiCorp), Santa Monica
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Summary: 

In article <704@pucc-j> rsk@pucc-j (Wombat) writes:
>This may be premature, as I am not aware of any potential Usenet hosts
>in South Africa, but I think we should anticipate future developments
>and, as a body, refuse to connect any of our hosts to any host in South
>Africa until apartheid disappears from that country.
>-- 
>Rich Kulawiec  pucc-j!rsk or rsk@asc.purdue.edu

Should we really play God with potential net-users in every country of
the world?  Can you guess their political and moral state of mind?
What if its a machine owned by black aficans?  Do we ask them what
color they are first?

To the contrary, the more information, ideas, and opinions which  flow
to the troubled spots of the world, the better.  We're talking about
lifeblood.

I have a feeling your intentions are good but I think that this
suggestion has immense potential for unintended harm.