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From: woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods)
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Subject: Re: net.bizarre
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Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 02:25:06 EDT
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 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
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