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From: scs@vax3.iti.org (Steve Simmons)
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Subject: Re: posting privileges
Keywords: knowledge base, maturity, free speech, discrimination
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Date: 11 Mar 89 19:31:07 GMT
References: <7502@pyr.gatech.EDU> <9689@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <9691@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <744@crlabs.CRLABS.COM> <331@hydra.gatech.EDU>
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In article <331@hydra.gatech.EDU> scott@capone.gatech.edu (Scott Holt) writes:
>[lots of good reasonable things about why gatech wants to control postings]

Gatech's problem, admirably described by Scott, is they have been burned
by abuse on local (Georgia Tech) BBS use and they don't wish to export
that abuse to the rest of the net.  This attitude is commendable, and
one that a lot of other sites could learn from.

I think Scott is misunderstanding why folks are so offended.  The
article that kicked it off *began* with a blanket condemnation of
the maturity of undergrads.  It went on with further detail and postings
that were insulting, arrogant, and a lot of other things that didn't
reflect well on either the poster or Georgia Tech.

We all salute the idea of Gatech wanting to be a good neighbor.  But blanket
insult and specious reasoning has been meet with the response it deserves.


Steve Simmons
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