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From: dan@maccs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Some thoughts about censorship (can it be done selectively?)
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Date: Thu, 19-Nov-87 09:45:02 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 19 09:45:02 1987
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Reply-To: dan@maccs.UUCP (Dan Trottier)
Organization: DCSS, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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There is a difference between barring a person because of his/her views and
barring a person for abuse of the net (ie. fraud, slander, etc). I don't
think that people should be barred (read censored) because his/her views
are radically different than mine. I do support however the rights of the
*individual* to censor what they read. At the moment we can KILL all articles
which have a particular subject. I would suggest that the news reading
programs give the reader the ability to kill all articles posted by a
particular reader.

If someone is expressing views that I do not agree with I can simply walk
away and not listen. Do you suggest that the police forcefully remove that
person from society? I for one have no desire to see a return to 1984!!!

A thought for all those who chose to listen
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