Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!shelby!polya!Gang-of-Four!les From: les@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU (Les Earnest) Newsgroups: news.misc,rec.humor.d,news.admin Subject: Re: Expansion of rec.humor.funny to other networks Keywords: Brad Templetons latest scheme Message-ID: <7659@polya.Stanford.EDU> Date: 13 Mar 89 09:26:43 GMT References: <439@corpane.UUCP> <3100@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <9773@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Sender: USENET News System Reply-To: les@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU (Les Earnest) Followup-To: news.misc Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University Lines: 21 Xref: utzoo news.misc:2722 rec.humor.d:1752 news.admin:5083 richmond@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan E. D. Richmond) writes: > [. . .] >Note also that Stanford has cut rec.humor.funny (and I've never had any >contact with them: they did this of their own volition.) > [. . .] >On a pragmatic basis, you should all consider the future of the >rec.humor.funny newsgroup. Given that Stanford has already pulled >the plug, and the alt.hypertext poster has done so as well, it seems likely >that a policy of allowing unrestrained offensive material will simply >lead to more sites cutting the newsgroup out. Mr. Richmond is badly mistaken -- every joke in rec.humor.funny has appeared on every one of the hundreds of computers at Stanford that give access to Usenet. In other words, the dimwitted attempt by certain bureaucrats to censor rec.humor.funny failed. The Stanford faculty senate is expected to discussed this issue shortly and is expected to confirm the "hands off" policy. Les Earnest Phone: 415 723-9729 Internet: Les@Sail.Stanford.edu USMail: Computer Science Dept. UUCP: . . . decwrl!Sail.Stanford.edu!Les Stanford, CA 94305