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From: eli@lf-server-2.bbn.com.UUCP
Newsgroups: alt.flame
Subject: Re: Eric M -- money where his mouth is ?
Message-ID: <282@morningdew.BBN.COM>
Date: Mon, 16-Nov-87 08:15:18 EST
Article-I.D.: morningd.282
Posted: Mon Nov 16 08:15:18 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 19-Nov-87 02:44:53 EST
References: <279@morningdew.BBN.COM> <3159@ihlpl.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: eli@BBN.COM (Steve Elias)
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In article <3159@ihlpl.ATT.COM> fangli@ihlpl.ATT.COM (55526-Chang) writes:
>In article <279@morningdew.BBN.COM>, eli@lf-server-2.BBN.COM (Steve Elias) writes:
>] 
>]   i sent the following to about 40 users of puff.wisc.edu :
>
>Steve,
>
>	Although I strongly dislike the view Eric Mading posted
>and think it was rather stupid and offensive.  But the action you
>took is definitely gone too far.  If you don't like someone's view
>it does not justify your action to shut him down.  It seems to me
>that you were suggesting that UW CS dept. should sensorship the post
>made by their student just because it was not agree with yours.
>If you find somebody's posting in alt.drugs ,or any other group which
>is not accepted by the most of the society, rather offensive does it
>give you the right to collect his/her posting and send it to his/her
>boss and say "Hey, stop this guy posting stuff like that" ???
>Your action has a very bad implication against the basic freedom we
>have in this society.  BTW, who made you the policeman of the net?
>
>F. Chang

  hi F.,

  i admit that my action may have been a bit overboard, but i would probably
  do it again.  my intention was not to tell any sysadmins about eric's
  bullshit.  they already knew about the eric problem.  they had been 
  getting 400 email complaints per day.

  my intent was to inform eric's peers about his postings, so that 
  one (or many) of them could talk to him in person.  

  usenet postings are in the public domain.  i simply forwarded a posting
  to more public people.  anyone writing something that will go in the
  public domain should be prepared to see his posting end up anywhere in
  that domain.

  i sure don't consider myself a 'net cop' -- eric mading busted himself.