Xref: utzoo news.sysadmin:1831 news.admin:4182 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!agate!labrea!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!munnari!otc!metro!basser!usage!cad!skea From: skea@cad.jmrc.eecs.unsw.oz (Alan Skea) Newsgroups: news.sysadmin,news.admin Subject: Re: bigoted racist misuse of email and computer accounts must be dealt with Summary: facists! Message-ID: <377@chiton.cad.jmrc.eecs.unsw.oz> Date: 2 Dec 88 04:27:54 GMT References: <10676@ihlpa.ATT.COM> <11242@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <1548@buengc.BU.EDU> Reply-To: skea@cad.unsw.oz.au (Alan Skea) Organization: JMRC, School of Electrical Engineering, UNSW, Australia Lines: 35 In article <10676@ihlpa.ATT.COM> davidm@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Makowsky) writes: ] I hope any of the respective system administrators will be ] able to identify the sender of the email and take whatever he or ] she feels is appropriate action. In article <11242@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> rsvp@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (R. Scott V. Paterson) writes: ] I agree that this is a complete abuse of the network and that the sender ] should have his/her net privileges revoked, but does this piece of mail ] really represent 'bigoted, racist' mail? I think this piece of mail ] merely shows that lack of any significant understanding of the exchange ] of ideas and constructive criticism. 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 the abuse had been posted to the net then the position would be different, but it wasn't - it was mailed. Is the postman responsible for ensuring that the contents of your mail does not 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. The matter is for Nancy to take up, is she feels so inclined. In article <1548@buengc.BU.EDU> art@buengc.BU.EDU (A. R. Thompson) writes: ] It's truly unfortunate that you chose to delete the names of the senders ] of this disgusting and cowardly trash. They deserve to be publicly ] exposed. I don't see how their privacy rights in any way should be ] invoked to protect them from the scorn they so richly deserve. 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. I find it ironic that such facist views are appearing in a Jewish newsgroup. Alan Skea.