Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site psivax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!psivax!woof From: woof@psivax.UUCP (Hal Schloss) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Is anyone else offended..... Message-ID: <523@psivax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 14:56:02 EDT Article-I.D.: psivax.523 Posted: Fri Jun 28 14:56:02 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Jul-85 05:44:22 EDT References: <266@timeinc.UUCP> <2908@nsc.UUCP> Reply-To: woof@psivax.UUCP (Hal Schloss) Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA Lines: 27 Keywords: responsibility, liability, common sense, euthanasia I must say that I agree with many of the sentiments I have seen regarding removing net.flame. As the local SA for the news on this machine, I must justify to management the existence of the news, and the phone bills that we pay in it's support. I find it impossible to think of a reason that management would buy to support a newsgroup like net.flame. As it is we let it go by so long as it is not a problem. Much of why we get the news is limited to a very few newsgroups, as a COURTESY to others we pass on all the news right now. If at any time though, we find that some portion of the news is too expensive to send, or too offensive to stomach I see no reason why we should pay for it. I think that of lot of the net.flame type of problems or request for missing modems going to the entire world, or summer employees at one company looking for others, is due to SA's not enforcing a new user to review some of the "Netiquette" type of documents that exist. So long as some users view news as a "right" to blindy blast messages at others without some forethought, we can expect many other people to become offended. With some feeling of trepidation, -- Hal Schloss (from the Software Lounge at) Pacesetter Systems Inc. {trwrb|allegra|burdvax|cbosgd|hplabs|ihnp4|sdcsvax|aero|uscvax|ucla-cs| bmcg|sdccsu3|csun|orstcs|akgua|randvax}!sdcrdcf!psivax!woof or {ttdica|quad1|scgvaxd|nrcvax|bellcore|logico}!psivax!woof ARPA: ttidca!psivax!woof@rand-unix.arpa