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From: mikey@trsvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: More Mog-Ur BBS information
Message-ID: <53400044@trsvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Oct-84 10:44:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 22 10:44:00 1984
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Nf-From: trsvax!mikey    Oct 22 09:44:00 1984


     
     
>The use of government censorship to protect a private company's <
>billing information is a gross abuse of government authority.   <



I thought the issue was the posting of credit card numbers.  I think this is
a LOT  different than a large companies impersonal internal billing and 
accounting procedures.  I know I'd get REAL pissed if it was MY number
given out and having an excess usage.  Sure, I may not have to pay for it 
it the long run, but it's still my aggravation and time to straighten it
out.  You tried to compare this to phone freaks, who rip off the phone
company by stealing service but not directly fraudulently trying to 
stick someone else for the bill.  As to the Pentagon papers, that 
applies even less as an alalogy.  If you're going to provide a service
like a bulletin board, you'd better be prepared to take responsibility
for its proper usage.  You wouldn't just let anybody borrow your car,
would you?  Then why should you think that you can set up a BBS without
any self control.  I don't advocate censorship, but I don't think that
a BBS is something that can be left "on its own".  The potential for
damage is too great.  Lets all leave our loaded guns on the seats of
our cars in plain view with the windows open!  Lets post signs in
the stores telling people to mix "Easy Off" and "Mr. Clean" and take a 
deep sniff to see what happens!  

mikey at trsvax

How can anyone even think that these are the views of my employer.  I
don't even know what they think.