Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site hercules.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!tektronix!teklds!hercules!franka From: franka@hercules.UUCP (Frank Adrian) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Need for Stargate screening? Message-ID: <366@hercules.UUCP> Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 11:11:32 EST Article-I.D.: hercules.366 Posted: Tue Jan 8 11:11:32 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 11-Jan-85 08:15:09 EST References: <494@vortex.UUCP> <1917@sun.uucp> Reply-To: franka@hercules.UUCP (Frank Adrian) Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 21 Summary: In article <1917@sun.uucp> gnu@sun.uucp (John Gilmore) writes: > >I certainly appreciate the technical and liason work you're doing, but >I really dislike your efforts to tie it to "forced moderation". Please >let the net decide what it wants to send over this medium. If the >case for forced moderation is good enough, it will stand on its own >merits. > Hear, hear! I don't like to disagree with Lauren, but I think he's missed the boat on this one. One of the reasons that USENET is USEful (sorry) is the fact that it is an open channel. If Lauren is so concerned about his node getting sued for something, he better get off the net right now. The last time I checked, most of the traffic is unmoderated. What's the difference in the medium, Lauren? Or does this simply seem to be a good time to put controls on? If some person out there is going to misuse the net so egregiously that one can be sued, why haven't they done so yet? Again, how does the change in medium effect the legality of postings and if the net is unmoderated now, why not unmoderated over the stellite link? I really would like an answer to this (thanks alot). Same as it ever was... Frank Adrian