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From: olsen@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (Jim Olsen)
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Subject: rec.humor.funny - A Peace Proposal
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Date: 7 Feb 89 03:56:56 GMT
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Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA
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The recent unpleasantness over rec.humor.funny is getting out of hand.  I
would like to suggest a way to preserve r.h.f with Brad as moderator.

Brad claims a legal right to restrict distribution of r.h.f over USENET.
Others consider this claim of dubious validity, and a bad idea even if
valid.  Here is my suggestion:

	- r.h.f continues with Brad as moderator.

	- Brad acts as if his claim were valid.

	- Those who disagree with Brad act as if the claim were invalid.

The beauty of it is that, for now, the two courses of action are identical.
As far as I understand it, Brad currently has no objection to distributing
r.h.f to any of the sites on USENET that want it.

Let's call a truce, valid unless and until Brad actually wants to exclude
r.h.f from a site that wants it (and that time may never come). Then, and
only then, would the sh-t hit the fan.