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From: rsk@s.cc.purdue.edu (Frozen Wombat)
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Subject: Re: The USENET Backbone (Last changed: 10 December 1987)
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Date: 3 Jan 88 16:57:42 GMT
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In article <443@pcrat.UUCP> rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson) writes:
>No, this is the infamous "Backbone Flame".  Despite what many think,
>USENET will survive without the generous censorship of "The Backbone".
>
>seismo!uunet!pcrat!rick

Ah, but you won't be getting much mail without "The Backbone", since your
return route goes through a backbone site. :-)

Seriously, though, this is a really stupid remark.  I've been around Usenet
since about 1980, and have yet to see any evidence of "censorship" on the
part of the backbone.  No, I'm not blind; yes, I have a liberal definition
of censorship; and yes, I'm very well aware of what the backbone does.
Would those or you (like Rick) who find it so distasteful kindly go
somewhere else with your ill-informed speculations?  Sheesh, I don't
understand how you can hold your nose and type at the same time.
-- 
Rich Kulawiec, rsk@s.cc.purdue.edu, s.cc.purdue.edu!rsk