Xref: utzoo rec.humor.d:1286 news.misc:2298 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!mailrus!ames!haven!ncifcrf!shore From: shore@ncifcrf.gov (Melinda Shore) Newsgroups: rec.humor.d,news.misc Subject: Re: Sue the bastard (was Jonathan Richmond jeopardizes the Usenet) Message-ID: <680@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov> Date: 6 Dec 88 17:43:27 GMT References: <20539@mirror.UUCP> <1991@stiatl.UUCP> <4969@bsu-cs.UUCP> Reply-To: shore@ncifcrf.gov (Melinda Shore) Organization: NCI Supercomputer Center, Frederick, MD Lines: 16 In article <4969@bsu-cs.UUCP> dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes: >Richmond's campaign against ethnic jokes is doing much, much more to >harm the image of the Jew among non-Jews than rec.humor.funny could >ever have done. I agree that it was *completely* inappropriate for Jonathan Richmond to try and depose Brad Templeton and, failing that, go to the press. However, having said that, I would like to point out that the argument included above has been used time and time again against progressive reform movements (women, black, gay, ethnic) to try and coerce them into a) assimilating, or b) shutting up. And personally, I find speaking out against oppressive behavior admirable, not objectionable. -- Melinda Shore shore@ncifcrf.gov NCI Supercomputer Facility ..!uunet!ncifcrf.gov!shore