Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site hao.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!hao!woods From: woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods) Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.news Subject: Re: net.bizarre Message-ID: <1622@hao.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 02:25:06 EDT Article-I.D.: hao.1622 Posted: Wed Jul 10 02:25:06 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 10:57:39 EDT References: <2948@nsc.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: High Altitude Obs./NCAR, Boulder CO Lines: 23 Xref: watmath net.news.group:3251 net.news:3624 I have kept silent on all the stuff that's been going on, but I must emphatically agree with Chuq on this one. This is clearly a malicious attempt to corrupt the network and we can't tolerate it, all arguments about censorship are inapplicable here. The analogy is the old cliche: Freedom of speech does not include the right to shout "fire" in a crowded theater when there is no fire. Posting of bogus control messages is a *serious* breach of net etiquette, and if sufficient numbers of people do this, the net will be destroyed. Whoever the bozo responsible for this is, I hope you had a good laugh. I also hope your SA finds you and kicks you off the net. We don't need malicious jerks. I'm willing to tolerate people who oppose me, even flamers, as long as no one is deliberately trying to screw up this network. Another cliche, if you will, from Patrick Henry: I may disagree with what you say, but I will fight for your right to say it. Addition: As long as you aren't out to destroy the medium that I (and YOU) are using to communicate. --Greg -- {ucbvax!hplabs | allegra!nbires | decvax!noao | harpo!seismo | ihnp4!noao} !hao!woods CSNET: woods@NCAR ARPA: woods%ncar@CSNET-RELAY