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Subject: Re: I ain't afraid of no Batwoman
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Date: Fri, 28-Aug-87 04:38:46 EDT
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In article <2178@bellcore.bellcore.com> nrh@bellcore.bellcore.com (Nat Howard) writes:
>It's rather like having the Nazis march in Skokie: what they say is
>monstrous, evil, disgusting, and small-minded, but so long as they
>confine themselves to *saying* things (however awful) they are not
>engaged in activities that should bring down *administrative* 
>controls on them.

Would you consider unauthorized access to a privately owned NNTP port
for the purpose of anonymous intimidation an activity that "should
bring down *administrative* controls?"

That's what people are objecting to.  Not the "Cheryl shut up" part.
That is nothing new.

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