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From: dave@quest.UUCP (David Messer)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Usenet should exclude South Africa
Message-ID: <319@quest.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 15-Jan-86 01:58:29 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 15 01:58:29 1986
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> 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

Please don't do it!  I am not in favor of aparthied by any means, but
USENET doesn't need more censorship.  We are already deleteing
"politically incorrect" newsgroups and talking about more restrictions
every day.  We are missing a wonderful chance at truely having free
speech on a global scale.  I don't think the proponents of aparthied
in South Africa will be hurt by not hearing the views of the USENET
community.  (Sorry about the double negative. ;-)
-- 

David Messer   UUCP:  ...ihnp4!quest!dave
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