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From: bsafw@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Freedom of speech is NOT freedom of net.
Message-ID: <96@ncoast.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 4-Jun-84 14:13:33 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun  4 14:13:33 1984
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	That example about the Moral Majority is an interesting one -- they
actually tried exactly that (only they didn't quite ask) on a local BBS.  As
the BBS was devoted to free speech (anyone familiar with CommuniTrees?), we
(sysop & fairwitnesses (asysops to the uninitiated)) concluded that they could
post their views but not censor the Tree.  They tried censorship anyway;
eventually they gave up because the censorship caused ALL Tree users to shun
the Moral Majority no matter *What* subject was being discussed (and we did
have some sympathetic users before that).

	Which raises a similar possibility on here.  Can the Net restrict
received news to UNC, or some similar action, until/if/when UNC shows due
cause to have ousted Tim from the Net?  It seems to me that, although it may
be a University matter, it is also very much a Usenet matter, and we should
guard against universities performing this kind of censorship.

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