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From: mayville@tybalt.caltech.edu (Kevin J. Mayville)
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Subject: Re: RACIST JOKES
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Date: 21 Nov 88 02:36:00 GMT
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>> Yes... but why should we censor someone just because he or she decides
>> to post something that *some* people believe is impolite?  For that 
>> matter, why should we censor something just because *all* people feel
>> that it is impolite?
>
>The fact of the matter is that the presence of a moderator IMPLIES
>censorship.  Isn't that what he is there for in the first place?

Yes.

>If you do not like censorship, complain about the whole idea of
>having a moderator.  In the meantime, as long as there is a
>moderator, "jokes" that are offensive in the slightest bit should
>not be given the light of day by the moderator.

Here you are wrong.  Wrong, wrong, wrong. (patronizing tone intentional)

The group rec.humor.funny was created for a reason.  The person who
started it (coulda been Brad, coulda been someone else, if anyone
knows and cares they can post), as far as I remember, thought that
most of the postings in rec.humor were either not funny, or were
discussion postings that should have been in rec.humor.d.  So, he
went to the effort to get a newsgroup with more select material.
The moderator of rec.humor.funny is there to decide if the jokes
are *funny* enough to see the light of day.  Why should the offensiveness
of the joke make any difference?  Now, if you wan to create rec.humor.
unoffensive, and appoint a moderator, go for it.  I assume you know 
the procedure.  However, the group we have is rec.humor.FUNNY.  If
you read articles labeled *offensive*, and are subsequently offended,
it's your own d*mn fault.  To paraphrase the lead-in to Monty Python:

"This newsgroup has been found to be an effective tool in the offending
of the easily offended.  If you are one of these, do us all a favor:
DON'T READ IT!"



Kevin
mayville@tybalt.caltech.edu

"She's beautiful, popular, and obviously going through some
emotional shoot-out to consent to date....the human tater-tot.
What did you do, Keith, threaten her life?"