Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!udel!rochester!steinmetz!davidsen From: davidsen@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: New Game: ASTROTIT Part 1 of 2 Message-ID: <6653@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Jul-87 15:27:45 EDT Article-I.D.: steinmet.6653 Posted: Fri Jul 10 15:27:45 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 11:58:06 EDT References: <3758@spool.WISC.EDU> <2749@ncoast.UUCP> <364@parcvax.Xerox.COM> <368@devon.UUCP> <3509@ecsvax.UUCP> Reply-To: davidsen@steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr) Distribution: comp Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY Lines: 36 Keywords: censorship Summary: Hogwash! In article <3509@ecsvax.UUCP> mjg@ecsvax.UUCP (Michael Gingell) writes: : : :I disagree that the psoting was specific enough about the degree :of obscenity contained in this game. In fact some people might :actually consider this sufficent grounds for closing down a :computer or two. I think there are laws about using public :communications systems i.e. the post and the phone system :for the transmission of obscene material. [ You're right, there are laws. I can't imagine that anyone would dream of trying to apply them to this material. The law says that material must (a) have no redeeming social value (it's a game), and (b) "appeal to purile interests" (must cause sexual arousal). I think that this program might be offensive to some, but I can't imagine anyone getting aroused by it. ] : :I downloaded it, decoded and ran it once. I decided it was the :sort of purile humor that makes children write rude messages :on the bathroom wall. Apart from that it was a good program, but :I destroyed it anyway - I wouldn't want my kids seeing this. [ unless your kids are *very* young, they probably have been more exposed than you think. I doubt that any aspect other than the game would not hold their interest for long. ] : :Mike Gingell ...decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!mjg : :P.S. if any University Computer Systems has this program on file :I suggest they destroy it, they might get in big trouble from :local guardians of public morals. [ such as this poster ] -- bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa) {chinet | philabs | sesimo}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me