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From: rafferty@cmu-cs-edu1.ARPA (Colin Rafferty)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Is anyone else offended.....
Message-ID: <388@cmu-cs-edu1.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 29-Jun-85 20:07:07 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun 29 20:07:07 1985
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Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI
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> 	What I suggest is that some person at the site read every article
> and reply that originates at the site and refuse transmission of any
> article/response that can discolor the site.
>   [...]
> 	If an "officer" finds an article that is questionable, the article
> would be diverted back to the originator's mailbox with added comments that
> state this and suggestions on how to correct the problem.
>
> 	I know somebody out there is going to jump up and down and yell
> "Censorship! Censorship! Don't violate my rights!" If people don't post
> questionable material, they would never observe the interaction of a censor.
> On the other hand, the article should never have been posted anyway.
> 
> 	Peter Barada

How can one man decide what is right to be posted and what isn't?  If a site
doesn't like a certain person posting, it can keep him from posting, but
censorship of certain articles that don't agree with an "officer's" taste is
deplorable.  

The main problem is: who's to say what "questionable material" is?  You?  My
SA?  Rev. Jerry Faldwell?  If we give in to a little censorship, it paves
the way for a lot of censorship.

----
            Colin Rafferty { Math Department, Carnegie-Mellon University }

"I may not agree with your ideas, but I will defend to the death your right
 to speak them"
				-Thomas Jefferson