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From: COK@PSUVMA.BITNET (R. W. Clark, K. S. C.)
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Subject: Re: Defending Eric Mading
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Date: Sun, 15-Nov-87 08:47:09 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 15 08:47:09 1987
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>it's all very simple:  noone has any rights here;  we are all at the mercy of
>someone else;  the sponsor of your account, the owner of your machine, the
>machines up/down-stream from your machine.  Our society has simple rules:
>if you offend the group, you become an outcast - the group will not want to
>be associated with you nor support your doings.  if you bite the hand that
>feeds you, you get your but kicked as far as the one doing the kicking can
>remove it.
     
I suppose then that you wouldn't mind it if I looked through your articles,
selectively edited them, made them look inflammatory and offensive, and
sent the resulting mess along with complaints about how your posting offended
me to your sysadmin?  Or started a "Get kraut off USENET" campaign?  Your
posting offended the hell out of me, to tell the truth.  I'm sure it offended
others, also, who have used the net responsibly but possibly controversially.
According to you, this is reasonable cause to have you kicked off the net.
     
Do you like the mess your logic would make of the net?
     
This "anarchist" doesn't.
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cok%psuvma@psuvax1.uucp.bitnet  "I'd love to, m'lad, but this fine Havana
cok%psuvma.bitnet@psuvax1.uucp   magic wand is a bit too short to grant
cok%psuvma@psuvax1.psu.edu       wishes with."  Jackeen J. O'Malley