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From: mccarrol@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mark C. Carroll <MC>)
Newsgroups: alt.flame,news.misc,soc.culture.jewish,rec.humor.d
Subject: Re: The Good, the Bad, and the Stupid (LONG)
Message-ID: <Nov.23.11.54.06.1988.29466@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Date: 23 Nov 88 16:54:10 GMT
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] == Chris Long
} == Nancy Gould

]A play involving various evil-doers making stupid comments.  I could
]                                           ^^^^^^
]have let them stand on their own (the gibber content is that high),
]but I couldn't resist a few cheap jabs.

}Which is exactly what they are--cheap jabs.

]
]Cast of characters:
]
]
]The good:  Brad Tempelton, persecuted moderator of rec.humor.funny .
]
]
]The misguided:
]
]Jonathan E. D. Richmond, leader of the misguided:
]Nancy M Gould, his second-in-command:
]David Makowsky, toadie bigot:
]Betsy R. Schwartz --aka-- Kinyan Cattery, a random bigot:


}Chris Long has just made a personal attack Jonathon Richmond, David Makowsky,
}Betsy Schwartz, and myself without seriously addressing what
}we had to say.  
}

Nancy, I hate to say this, because I've really liked a lot of what
you've had to say on other subjects, but: I think Chris is justified
in that posting. The point of is how stupid this whole thing is.  Brad
posted a JOKE (Get that? Joke?) to an open public forum. A bunch of
oversensitive jerks have decided to be offended, and carry this thing
to absolutely insane proportions. Have you people heard of freedom of
speach? You have NO right to decide what CAN and CANNOT be posted to
ANY group on usenet. I find it particularly disgusting seeing jews
in favor of censorship. I don't care if it was a potentially offensive
joke. You have NO right to try to silence it! Who the hell do you
think you are? 

}If people on the net wish to attack the contents of one's postings,
}by all means, go ahead, but please refrain from making personal
}attacks on one's character (and labeling people who disagree with
}your point of view as "misguided" and "stupid".
}

When you act stupid, sometimes it's appropriate to point it out
to you.

}Please, people, let's act grown up!!!

Yes, let's. Let us open our minds, and try to not be so sensitive. 
Let us try to understand that we can't try to destroy anyone who dares
to post something we don't like. If I tried to have everyone who
posted something that I considered disgustingly offensive removed,
that's what I'd spend my life doing. But people have the right to say
what they want, and we don't have the right to silence them. Maybe
you should grow up a bit and try to understand that. Remember, to
some people, everything we believe in as jews is horribly offensive,
and should be banned...

		-Mark
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