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From: RWC102@PSUVM (R. W. F. Clark)
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Subject: Re: The Good, the Bad, and the Stupid (LONG)
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Date: 28 Nov 88 19:37:34 GMT
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Newsgroups: alt.flame,news.misc,soc.culture.jewish,rec.humor.d
Subject: Legislating courtesy
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Date: Monday, 28 Nov 1988 14:29:28 EST
Organization: The Insensate Void
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From: R. W. F. Clark 

Nancy Gould writes:

[Referring to how wonderfully liberal and enlightened thing called censorship]

>It's called politeness and consideration for the feelings of
>others.

Neither politeness nor consideration for the feelings of others
can, or should, be legislated.  One might think that referring
to Brad Templeton as being the next worst thing to a Nazi is
hardly polite or considerate.

>No one person can be the authority.  I think it just depends on how
>many people complain.  If the number is significant, maybe the joke
>really is offensive.

There is no law against being offensive.  If there were,
perhaps Makowsky, Richmond, and their ilk would have been
imprisoned quite some time ago.

fc