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From: franka@hercules.UUCP (Frank Adrian)
Newsgroups: net.news,net.followup
Subject: Re: Posting Correspondence
Message-ID: <422@hercules.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 11:34:31 EST
Article-I.D.: hercules.422
Posted: Tue Feb 26 11:34:31 1985
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References: <257@unm-la.UUCP> <286@cmu-cs-k.ARPA>
Reply-To: franka@hercules.UUCP (Frank Adrian)
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Summary: 

In article <286@cmu-cs-k.ARPA> tim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney) writes:
>Ordinarily, posting private correspondence is strictly verboten, unless the
>person who sent the message consents.  There are exceptions to any taboo,
>though.  If someone has been using the privacy of the correspondence as a
>tool to harass or conspire against another person, then the target of
>conspiracy or harassment is justified in revealing this by whatever means he
>or she deems appropriate, including publically revealing the evidence.  If a
>person admits some illegal intent in a private message, the receiver (or
>anyone else who comes across it) is justified in revealing this as well.
>Such cases are extremely unusual, this being a largely civilized world.
>Tim Maroney, Carnegie-Mellon University Computation Center

Thank you, Big Brother.  By the way, are you the system manager (or do you
have root privileges) for your machine?  I want to make sure that I NEVER
send anything through your site.  Private mail should be PRIVATE. By the
way, I am very happy that you have the "moral superiority" to make hard
choices about what messages to reveal.  If a teacher at a high-school
somewhere makes a statement over the net that he is gay are you going to
write a letter to that state's Department of Education if it is illegal
for a gay to teach in that state?  How do YOU make the decision as to what
is dangerous enough to report?  WHO are YOU to make such a decision?

I used to think that most people were fair minded and (for the most part)
minded their own business.  When people start advocating opening another
person's mail I'm not so sure.  I hope Mr. Maroney rethinks his Gestapo/
Stalinist tactics, before he happens upon a root password for his system.

				Thanks for 1984, Tim...
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