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From: maslak@sri-unix.ARPA (Valerie Maslak)
Newsgroups: soc.women,news.admin
Subject: Re: I ain't afraid of no Batwoman
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Date: Mon, 24-Aug-87 19:49:20 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 24 19:49:20 1987
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Reply-To: maslak@sri-unix.UUCP (Valerie Maslak)
Organization: SRI, Menlo Park, CA.
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Keywords: censorship silencing
Summary: Don't tolerate net terrorism
Xref: mnetor soc.women:6594 news.admin:891

As I've said in email to another person, I don't see Cheryl and
Mr. Nobody's behavior to be in the same category at all.

Cheryl engages in hard-hitting argument and debate in an open public
forum. I think that's healthy for the net.

Mr. Nobody advocates net terrorism behind the scenes. I think that's
unhealthy.

You don't like what Cheryl says, you argue with her.

You don't like what Mr. Nobody says and say so in public, and you
may end up in the net equivalent of Dachau.

I don't care whether Mr. Nobody is male, female, fowl, or fish.

I hate cowards. I continue to insist that administrators follow up
and find out who Mr. Nobody is, and take appropriate disciplinary
action. I leave it to the concensus of the net.gods as to what that
should be. At some point, if we don't show we can conduct ourselves
responsibly, the matter may be taken out of our hands. I don't take
threats against freedom of speech lightly.

Valerie Maslak