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Subject: Re: bigoted racist misuse of email and computer accounts must be dealt with
Summary: Criminal fools = censors
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Date: 4 Dec 88 05:54:31 GMT
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In article <27015@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu.UUCP (David Phillip Oster) writes:
>
>I would rather stand with criminal fools than with the censors, for in the
>end, the censors are the worse criminals.

What happened was that rather than responding to the issues in a
person's posting, somebody tried to censor that individual, intimidate
them, silence them, and prevent them from posting, by sending them
hatemail.  The criminal act of the fool in this instance was an act
of intended censorship.  

The possible remedies suggested included a warning, a temporary
suspension on the second offense, and revocation of privileges if
and only if further acts of attempted censorship took place.

In this case, the censors *ARE* the criminal fools.  Do you still
wish to be counted with them?

--Mark