Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ucla-cs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!desint!geoff
From: geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc,news.misc,news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Forgeries
Message-ID: <655@desint.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 22-Apr-87 01:11:54 EST
Article-I.D.: desint.655
Posted: Wed Apr 22 01:11:54 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 24-Apr-87 05:12:56 EST
References: <9405@decwrl.DEC.COM>
Reply-To: geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning)
Organization: Interrupt Technology Corp., Manhattan Beach, CA
Lines: 22
Xref: mnetor talk.religion.misc:2566 news.misc:305 news.sysadmin:142

In article <9405@decwrl.DEC.COM> arndt@indian.dec.com writes:

I'm not actually going to do any quoting, because frankly I don't have the
faintest idea which postings are and are not Ken's.  Nor do I care;  Gene
Spafford's analysis of the value of that newsgroup is right on target.

Since several people have made accusations of illegal behavior on the
part of the system administrator who pulled Foothead's account, though,
I think it's also worth pointing out that forgery is definitely a crime.
So is slander.  And, given how busy our friendly legislators tend to be,
I wouldn't be surprised if there was a separate specific statute dealing
with forgers who masquerade as another person with the deliberate intention
of slandering that person.

Personally, I'd like to see enough evidence collected to have a prosecution.
The net used to be a friendly (if name-calling) place.  This kind of slimy
behavior is not my idea of an advancement.  And nobody who fits my definition
of the word "ethical" would have ever pulled a stunt like that and then
tried to blame somebody else.  It stops being a joke when you fail to take
responsibility.
-- 
	Geoff Kuenning   geoff@ITcorp.com   {hplabs,ihnp4}!trwrb!desint!geoff