presley (07/03/82)
At mhux[ahmtv] I've been forwarding net.jokes.q and net.jokes.limericks but haven't allowed saving of those newsgroups on our machines. The non-saving was done by request of the system administrators; I let forwarding to continue because some system down the line may have wanted to see them. It didn't bother me (and the powers that be) so long as sick "humor" (sic) was kept in its own newsgroups. You might say that peace was kept in the realm. Then philabs!guest deliberately perverted the purpose of net.jokes.d by his racist comments in his McDonald's piece, followed by erewhon.guest's childish actions in creating net.filth. Undoubtedly this was done to provoke and show us how smart he is. But how much can you expect from someone who uses a guest login and doesn't sign the article? If we don't watch it, those who control the purse strings are going to get enough complaints to decide to do something about it. At a minimum they could decide to limit what our machines get; at worst, they may decide (in our case, anyway) to have BTL disassociate itself from USENET. Is this worth letting a few irresponsible individuals get their jollies? [That's a rhetorical question; I don't care to get into debates about First Amendment rights, etc.] So this is an appeal to the users of netnews --- netnews is a useful and an enjoyable system. Be responsible when using the system so as not to ruin it for the rest of us. Joe Presley - Bell Labs Murray Hill - mhux[ahmtv]!presley
jcr (07/04/82)
Will everyone please read Joe Presley's article about users responsibilties on USENET , and try to avoid intentional or potentially damaging remarks about certain ethnic groups !!
wagner (07/05/82)
Maybe I missed something, but I dont understand why limericks got it in the neck from the same stroke that hit net.jokes.q. Michael Wagner, UTCS