Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!purdue!decwrl!ucbvax!ziploc!eps
From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Newsgroups: news.config
Subject: Re: U. of Hawaii uucp mail & Usenet news cutoff
Summary: Vote with your pocketbook
Message-ID: <303@toaster.SFSU.EDU>
Date: 6 Feb 90 20:05:31 GMT
References: <6484@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
Reply-To: eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Distribution: na
Organization: San Francisco State University
Lines: 25

In article <6484@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
	bob@kahala.soest.hawaii.edu (Bob Cunningham) writes:
>A state legislative inquiry into the propriety of University support
>to "outside" computer systems has compelled the Universitiy of Hawaii
>to---temporarily, at least---shut off external uucp connections and
>Usenet news feeds.
>
>As far as I can tell, this only affects a handful of uucp sites in
>Honolulu, most of which have alternative uucp mail paths to North
>America.

And to think that but a month ago one of those "outside" computer
systems wanted to know if I was interested in working for them.
Aloha.

Hey kids--THIS is censorship--it's government prohibition of the
free exchange of ideas.

Tell your state legislature they're welcome to do without the tax
and tourist dollars "outsiders" generate.  (And I really was
planning on cutting down on my sugar intake anyway...)

					-=EPS=-
Enjoying the warm California sunshine, and spending my money on
the mainland, thank you.