Xref: utzoo news.admin:4697 news.groups:7248 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!ucsd!ucsdhub!esosun!seismo!uunet!sco!davidbe From: davidbe@sco.COM (The Cat in the Hat) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.groups Subject: rec.humor.funny Message-ID: <1528@viscous.sco.COM> Date: 7 Feb 89 02:07:08 GMT Sender: news@sco.COM Reply-To: davidbe@sco.COM (The Cat in the Hat) Distribution: na Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. (Scovert Operations) Lines: 33 People seem to be trying to combine two different issues into one. The issues are 1) Brad's politics and 2) Brad's skill as moderator. His skill as moderator is subject to opinion, but based on his poll, those who are still reading r.h.f think he's doing a good job. Fine. I'm not going to argue this. On this point he's doing a good job as moderator. His politics are what many people are finding objectionable. Now, I don't mind his collecting the jokes, and selling the jokebook. I even bought one. There were even some jokes there I hadn't heard before... What I do find objectionable is Brad's wanting holier than thou attitude about who can read the jokes that he collects. Brad, the jokes you collect are sent to you to be distributed across the country. If someone doesn't want their joke (or funny song) to go to portal, or dasys1 (sp) or some other pay/time-period system, then they won't send it to you. And if someone sends their joke to rec.humor, and you then use it in r.h.f it amounts to the same thing. Anytime you say "I'm not going to let read this", you are committing an act of censorship. I realize that you have been inconvenienced by what has gone on concerning the "racism" issue. Remember, though...you chose to publish "racist" jokes. (To paraphrase Superchicken) "you knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Brad". -- David Bedno (aka The Cat in the Hat) Now appearing at: davidbe@sco.COM -OR- .!{uunet,decvax!microsoft,ucbvax!ucscc}!sco!davidbe -OR- At home: 408-425-5266 At work: 408-425-7222 x5123 (I'm probably here...) I've given you a pretty good answer. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with your question.