Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site cbosgd.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!cbosgd!mark From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) Newsgroups: net.followup,eunet.followup Subject: Re: Private Opinions: an Inquiry Message-ID: <1014@cbosgd.UUCP> Date: Sat, 25-Feb-84 12:35:47 EST Article-I.D.: cbosgd.1014 Posted: Sat Feb 25 12:35:47 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Feb-84 04:57:45 EST References: <209@haring.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus Lines: 18 First, I'd like to point out that moderation is not the same as censorship. Moderation is the protection *of a newsgroup* from whatever the moderator deems it needs protection from (usually too much traffic). Censorship is where someone tries to prevent information from getting out to the public. As long as there are some unmoderated newsgroups (and of course, there will always be lots of these) people always have a way to get info out, in the worst case the submitter may have to choose their second choice newsgroup, and usually the moderator will suggest a more appropriate newsgroup. I'd also like to point out that perhaps half the people on Usenet are subject to some sort of censorship: they usually have access to proprietary information of their employers, and they aren't allowed to post this info. Often they are not allowed to publicly discuss details of what they are working on. And, of course, most of us have access to UNIX, and the UNIX license prevents us from posting pieces of UNIX to a public place such as Usenet. Mark Horton