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From: jay@splut.UUCP (Jay Maynard)
Newsgroups: soc.women,news.admin
Subject: Re: I ain't afraid of no Batwoman
Message-ID: <110@splut.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 27-Aug-87 21:21:22 EDT
Article-I.D.: splut.110
Posted: Thu Aug 27 21:21:22 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 30-Aug-87 08:57:16 EDT
References: <2073@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <0@novax.nowhere.nodom> <6086@sri-unix.ARPA>
Organization: Confederate Microsystems, League City, TX
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Keywords: censorship silencing
Summary: "Freedom of speech" doesn't exist on the net.
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In article <6086@sri-unix.ARPA>, maslak@sri-unix.ARPA (Valerie Maslak) writes:
> 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.

Good luck. I'm not sure that anything CAN be done about the scuzzball.

> 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.

Hold on a minute! You're forgetting something:

FREEDOM OF SPEECH DOES NOT APPLY ON THE NETWORK.

I'm doing this on my personal system. If I really wanted to disappear all
articles from Cheryl (not that I would), there's NOTHING you can do to
prevent me from doing so. Please remember that this is run on privately
owned computer hardware, with real expenditures involved to support our
arguing. If I chose not to expend my $ on anyone's posting, that's MY right
as system owner. If you want to dictate to me what I keep on my computer,
I'll be happy to take your check for $4500 for my loaded AT-clone.

That said, I don't like his tactics either. I'm at least courageous enough
to stand behind my opinions with my real name and location. Attacks from
hiding are despicable.

-- 
Jay Maynard, K5ZC...>splut!< | uucp: hoptoad!academ!uhnix1!nuchat!splut!jay
"Don't ask ME about Unix...  | (or sun!housun!nuchat)       CI$: 71036,1603
I speak SNA!"                | internet: beats me         GEnie: JAYMAYNARD
The opinions herein are shared by neither of my cats, much less anyone else.