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From: allen@sulaco.Sigma.COM (Allen Gwinn)
Newsgroups: news.misc,soc.culture.jewish,alt.flame
Subject: Re: RACIST JOKES
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Date: 20 Nov 88 14:27:43 GMT
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In article <8052@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> richmond@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan E. D. Richmond) writes:

>It is amazing how often people cry "censorship" whenever they are
>asked to show restraint.  

Let me refresh your obviously short memory:

In article <8011@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>, richmond@athena (thats you, Jonathan) writes:

}I am having some friends in Waterloo do some investigations into
}Looking Glass Software, where Templeton works, their operations and
}their clients.  I am in the mood to take some "affirmative action" on
}this individual.

I think people cry "censorship" when people threaten things like this.  You
weren't asking him to "show restraint", you were threatening to go snivelling
and crying to Looking Glass Software and complain about Big Bad Brad saying
things that you didn't like.  What you probably DIDN'T know, is that 
Brad owns LGS... but that doesn't change your statement.  It would kinda
be like me saying that I 'have connections on the Board of Regents at MIT'
and threatening to use those connections to get you thrown out of the
University.

I won't deny that there are some who are excessively sensitive about that
type of humor.  I agree that this type of humor should be ROT13 and marked
'offensive to x', but I don't believe that he should be forced to do
ANYTHING about censoring anything in that group.  Brad is quite responsible
and has good sense.  The group's in good hands.
-- 
Allen Gwinn  ...sulaco!allen        Disclaimer: The facts stated are my own.
"...I will not waste time proving this." - Hank Bovis