thode@NPRDC.ARPA.UUCP (03/27/87)
Tetsuo Tomiyama (mcvax!cwi.nl!tomi@seismo.CSS.GOV) in a recent posting complained about a call for papers for AI Applications to Battle Management because of its relationship to US military research. He suggests that the rest of us somehow mark any military research related submissions to discussion lists like the AIList so that he can easily identify them and avoid reading them. I thought Ken Laws' response was appropriate: > AIList is primarily an Arpanet discussion list. The Arpanet > was developed by the military, is supported by the military, > and is intended for defense-related communication among > military contractors. One could assume that all Arpanet > messages are military in nature, although that heuristic > does not seem very useful in the case of AIList. What is > really needed here is an intelligent mail reader that screens > your messages and adds the appropriate keywords. -- KIL I would go a bit further than Ken. What is REALLY needed is an intelligent (human) mail reader. Readers of net mail who are afraid of what they might read shouldn't read anything. This reminds me of those who want to censor books, prohibit free speech, and otherwise govern the way we live our lives because they don't like what might be read or said. Freedom of speech (and electronic postings) should be anyone's right. If you don't like what someone writes, don't read it--but keep your hands off my (and others') rights to read and say what we want. --Walt Thode (thode@NPRDC)