jwalsh@bbn.com (Jamie Walsh) (12/06/88)
The actions of Jonathan Richmond remind me of a scene in a Mel Brooks or Woody Allen movie, where when a plane full of Jews is told their flight will be delayed, they stand up and start chanting "Never again! Never again!" When Richmond couldn't drum up sufficient support of his "no offensive jokes" proposal through the proper channels on the network, and finding he couldn't put company pressure on Brad because Brad was his own employer, he decided to play net.thought.police by taking it to the newspapers and university officials (and according to yesterday's Boston Herald, to the FBI as well.) From yesterday's Boston Herald : "Richmond, 30, said he has contacted the FBI and the Jewish Anti-Defamation League to help him get a computer network called USENET either censored or off the air." It is a pity that Richmond was so busy screaming "Never again" that he failed to realized that he has not only jeoparized the feed of rec.humor.funny, but the feed of all the non-computer related groups, including soc.culture.jewish -- jamie (jwalsh@cc6.bbn.com !harvard!bbn!jwalsh) "There's a seeker born every minute."