tomi@cwi.nl.UUCP (03/25/87)
[...] I am not saying that you are prohibited from military research. I am saying that it is all up to you whether you take part in military research or not. However, since there are people who do not like military research, just like there are people who do not want to see pornography in public or who do not want to get somebody else's smokes in a public space, you should not at least promote military research in public. I propose, therefore, to submit postings relevant to militarism should NOT be PROHIBITED but at least requested to be MARKED as military related article at the responsibility of original authors (rather than by the moderator), just like advertisements from tobacco companies, so that if I don't want to read it I can skip it. [...] ... so please give us a method to recognize military related articles as soon as possible. --Tetsuo Tomiyama (UUCP: tomi@cwi.nl) [This is the first time this matter has come up in four years of AIList. It does not seem to be a problem for the vast majority of readers, but you are welcome to try convincing submitters of defense-related messages to add a keyword to their headers. 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]