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From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Your right to swing your fist stops at my nose!
Keywords: Soap Flakes Required
Message-ID: <2744@ttrdc.UUCP>
Date: 10 Jun 88 00:45:00 GMT
References: <5816@cup.portal.com> <581@picuxa.UUCP> <13@n0atp.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T, Skokie, IL
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In article <13@n0atp.UUCP>, barry@n0atp.UUCP (Barry S. Berg) writes:
> > 
> > Would the system administrator at cup.portal.com please remove this
> > stupid fucker's priveleges?
> 
> I had hoped to put USENET onto packet radio.  It is precisely the fact
> that posters like the above are too common that  will not allow this.

> N0ATP Packet Radio Gateway        UUCP: {...}amdahl!bungia!n0atp!barry

I apologize in advance for the net reply.  Mail would probably have been
better but I'm not sure how to reach "amdahl".

Anyhow... is it the dirty language that keeps USENET off packet radio?
Why not use software to automatically censor the incoming feed at each gateway?
Offending articles could be dropped entirely, possibly with automatic mail
to the sender.  Or with a bit more hacking effort the dirty words could be
substituted with clean words ("stupid ejaculator's ..."), or a generic
indication of profanity ("stupid <BLEEP>'s ..."), or some kind of code, to be
optionally restored on the receiving end by appropriate software
("stupid %%%003er's ...").
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|------------Dan Levy------------|  THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED HEREIN ARE MINE ONLY
|    AT&T  Data Systems Group    |  Weinberg's Principle:  An expert is a
|        Skokie, Illinois        |  person who avoids the small errors while
|-----Path:  att!ttbcad!levy-----|  sweeping on to the grand fallacy.