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From: booter@pyrnova (Elaine Richards)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish,news.misc,news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Anti-Semitism (Jew-hatred) on the network. What should be done?
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Date: 30 Nov 88 20:58:02 GMT
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My two cents. I saw the two notes. They were offensive and peurile.
Such mailings to individuals cannot be prevented or governed. If you
get a system administrator (who has such authority) to toss a yahoo off
a system, another will come by. The original offender who was tossed
will find another UNIX box to be a jerk on. Most of the time, the more
inflammatory individuals get bored, graduate or grow up.  I guarantee
that this same person who called Nancy a "Jewish bitch" would call
someone else a "WASP bitch" or a "drunken Irishman".

The best tactic is to write this person off. Do not reply to these
mailings. If they persist, then contact the sysadmin there. If they
fill the net with flamage, then we will collectively pounce on the
hooligan.

There is a fear that the Neo-Nazis and various anti(insert ethnicity
here) groups will expand in numbers. This is valid. Alas, the usenet
is not going to rise in a body and smash anti-semitism by censoring
mail and netnews. If anything, we need to know who these people are
and keep an eye on them. I also do not think that they are bright
enough to turn the net into a very effective soapbox for their
verbal graffiti.

ER

(Standard disclaimer about my Company,opinion, my Irish ancestors and my
 WASP father)