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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: Obligations (Re: Freedom of hate)
Message-ID: <3784@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 10 Apr 89 13:41:46 GMT
References: <14130@gryphon.COM> <8132@chinet.chi.il.us> <8154@chinet.chi.il.us> <8176@chinet.chi.il.us>
Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <8176@chinet.chi.il.us>, patrick@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick A. Townson) writes:
> If you are really, truly saying you feel it is perfectly okay to zap any
> messages you personally don't like while passing the rest of it along, then
> I sure would hate to be a site downstream from you, trusting you for a full
> feed every day!

No, I'm not saying that it's OK or reasonable or moral or ethical. I'm saying
there is no LEGAL obligation to do so. You were strongly implying that there
was, and that editing a newsfeed was legally actionable.

I'm not going to bother with the rest of your article, since it's largely
composed of paranoid ad-hominem attacks.

> Do you presently poll other sites, or feed news to other sites now?

Yes, we presently feed sugar.hackercorp.com, and they feed us. Please
feel free to send the admins there a note.
-- 
Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.

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