Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!mcnc!ecsvax!mjg From: mjg@ecsvax.UUCP (Michael Gingell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: New Game: ASTROTIT Part 1 of 2 Message-ID: <3531@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Jul-87 08:41:04 EDT Article-I.D.: ecsvax.3531 Posted: Mon Jul 13 08:41:04 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Jul-87 02:48:29 EDT References: <3758@spool.WISC.EDU> <2749@ncoast.UUCP> <364@parcvax.Xerox.COM> <6653@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> Distribution: comp Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service Lines: 22 Keywords: censorship Summary: I should have kept my mouth shut I posted some remarks about the posting of the above game and from the reponses some of you at least think that I am trying to censor it. Far from it. All I was trying to do is to point out that if this fell into the wrong hands there are laws under which the disseminators (no pun intended) of this program could be prosecuted. Imagine, if as is entirely possible a child get's access to a public access computer and downloads it. "where did you get this" his parent asks. "Oh from the local XXS State University Computer" he says. All I am trying to do is to point out that operators of any public funded computer must be careful to observe the laws - no matter how stupid they think they are. The fact is, that by the terms of many State Laws this game would be considered obscene and corrupting the morals of our children - and worse the transmission and storage and local access to this is funded by public money. Of course there are worse things on TV every day - Irangate for example, and as somebody said kids are probably more worldy wise than we give them credit for. I still say, keep this off the net, if you really want it there are plenty of other sources of gratification.