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From: oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish,news.sysadmin,comp.mail.misc,rec.humor.d,news.misc,misc.misc,soc.culture.misc,soc.misc,comp.mail.uucp,news.admin
Subject: Re: bigoted racist misuse of email and computer accounts must be dealt with
Summary: No!
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Date: 3 Dec 88 11:54:34 GMT
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I am Jewish. I think the two people who sparked this exchange of messages
are criminal fools. But, if we begin censoring messages where will it
stop? 

Once we allow any form of censorship, censorship spreads and spreads until
nothing may be said.  This net, which has the potential to be a great
forum of ideas, where everyones voice may be heard, will be spoiled and
silenced. Or worse, filled only with what is acceptable to the people in
power.

I would rather stand with criminal fools than with the censors, for in the
end, the censors are the worse criminals.