Xref: utzoo news.sysadmin:1871 news.admin:4215 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!ncar!tank!mimsy!dftsrv!ames!killer!dcs!wnp From: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) Newsgroups: news.sysadmin,news.admin Subject: Re: bigoted racist misuse of email and computer accounts must be dealt with Message-ID: <250@dcs.UUCP> Date: 8 Dec 88 03:03:46 GMT References: <10676@ihlpa.ATT.COM> <11242@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <1548@buengc.BU.EDU> <377@chiton.cad.jmrc.eecs.unsw.oz> Reply-To: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) Organization: DCS, Dallas, Texas Lines: 36 In article <377@chiton.cad.jmrc.eecs.unsw.oz> skea@cad.unsw.oz.au (Alan Skea) writes: >Why is it that you are so bent on exacting revenge? Getting someone >in a position of power over the sender to police his/her actions is >nothing short of facism. If that is so, then the U.S., and every other country on earth, including Israel, is run by fascists. Everymcountry has people in power policing the actions of others -- that's how come we have civilized societies. Anything else ends up in anarchy. >offend you? Does the fact that the contents were abusive entitle the >postman to deny future service to the sender? In the case of paper mail >I think the answers are NO and I see no reason for email to be treated >differently. True if it were commercial e-mail -- paying for it entitles you to certain rights. On a co-operative e-mail network like USENET, access and participation are privileges which may depend on compliance with the cooperative spirit of the net. >This is the way to operate! Peer group pressure is a powerful thing and >I think it's use is the most appropriate thing in this case. I don't think >that people not directly involved are entitled to do anything more. Unless the people directly involved want them to -- and Nancy has inicated that these letters were made public with her approval. >I find it ironic that such facist views are appearing in a Jewish newsgroup. While I don't agree that these views are fascist, who ever said that Jews are exempt from the weaknesses of the rest of humanity? THAT is a fascist idea in reverse! -- Wolf N. Paul * 3387 Sam Rayburn Run * Carrollton TX 75007 * (214) 306-9101 UUCP: killer!dcs!wnp ESL: 62832882 DOMAIN: dcs!wnp@killer.dallas.tx.us TLX: 910-380-0585 EES PLANO UD