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Subject: UUCP - USSR
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Date: Tue, 27-Oct-87 22:03:27 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 27 22:03:27 1987
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I've decided that the anti-Soviet contingent has now grabbed
info-futures and turned it into a cheap soap-box for their cause.

They have nothing new to add, we've heard it all 10,000 times before,
but that won't stop their low-brow drivel.

Apparently they got a mere whiff of a conversation exploring the
possibility of network connections to the USSR which, if you review
the notes that brought it up, were fairly value-free other than
perhaps the assumption that opening channels of communication might be
a good thing, and felt compelled to obsessively use this list to
denounce everything they've ever thought was wrong with the USSR over
and over again, virtually flooding the group.

Sure, some uncomfortable with their mono-maniacal view of the world
took the bait and began answering them. That's all part of their
intention, to turn *any* conversation which has the letters "USSR" in
it into a confrontational, frustrating free-for-all and make sure no
progress is made on the original issue.

WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY AFRAID OF?! They're certainly afraid of
something.

That perhaps all of us on this list are not red-white-and-blue enough
for your tastes? That any conversation addressing the USSR *must* be
properly balanced with 80% anti-soviet propaganda? Arrogant bastards.

I hope the members of this group see through what these fanatical
right-wingers are really up to.

They are trying to shout down *any* conversation having to do with
communication with the USSR. They can't stand the thought that others
are even engaged in such a discussion, it makes them angry as hell.

Sad when we see the pot call the kettle black. I'm sure many of the
Russians think they're being "patriots" also...

But go ahead, shout down any free and open discussions, it's the
American way you're out to protect, right? You wave the flag, shout
commie-bashing rhetoric apoplectically and *IT JUST CAN'T BE WRONG*.
YOU'VE GOT GOD AND MOTHER AND APPLE-PIE ON YOUR SIDE!

Hypocrites.

I am seriously considering:

	a) Withdrawing info-futures from usenet distribution.
	b) Going to a digestified, edited format to restore order
	and eliminate this tripe.

Of course, the radical right will claim "censorship" because in their
small minds it is their *right* to reply with tons of their crap and
co-opt any conversation they're not comfortable with.

Sorry losers, we're just trying to reduce the *boredom* level. Feel
free to start your own group.

	-Barry Shein, Boston University