Newsgroups: news.admin Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: disgusting slime (was Re: A SERIOUS DILEMMA FOR THE NET) Message-ID: <1988Sep26.171231.24901@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <265@sulaco.UUCP> <5572@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> <267@sulaco.UUCP> <3144@utastro.UUCP> <2595@csccat.UUCP> <7203@gryphon.CTS.COM> Date: Mon, 26 Sep 88 17:12:31 GMT In article <7203@gryphon.CTS.COM> oleg@gryphon.CTS.COM (Oleg Kiselev) writes: >Such "standards" will violate the basic freedom of speech previously enjoyed >by the NET. In the last 4.5 years I have been on the NET news groups have >been able to establish their own conduct and language guidelines and have >managed to deal with the unavoidable periodic disruptions... The net has changed, and continues to change. Speaking as someone who's been on the net for 7.5 years, it is a mistake to think that mechanisms which cope adequately at one time will suffice for all time. The net's problems are steadily getting worse. "`Freedom of speech' means that most postings are worth what their author paid to post them." -- NASA is into artificial | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology stupidity. - Jerry Pournelle | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu