Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site cmu-cs-edu1.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!timeinc!phri!pesnta!amd!vecpyr!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!seismo!rochester!cmu-cs-pt!cmu-cs-edu1!rafferty 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 Article-I.D.: cmu-cs-e.388 Posted: Sat Jun 29 20:07:07 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 2-Jul-85 05:40:50 EDT Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 30 > 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