flash@ee.qmc.ac.uk (Flash Sheridan) (07/01/88)
In article <5307@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> sph@ukc.ac.uk (S.P.Holmes) writes: >In article <2569@newton.praxis.co.uk> neil@praxis.co.uk (Neil Mason) writes: >>In article <1421@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk> jack@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin) writes: >>> >>>In article <8@poppy.warwick.ac.uk> cstrhez@warwick.ac.uk (Jon Austin) writes: >>>>Dear <victims name>, >>> >>>>As part of our fostering scheme for greater Wold understanding, the above >>>>council has selected your home and family to further the councilos aims. >>> >>>People outside the UK may not be aware that this hoax letter is regularly used >>>by neo-Nazi groups here (the British National Party and the National Front). >>> >>>John Austin, if you post any more fascist propaganda to the net I will send >>>copies of your articles to the police and the Director of Public Prosecutions. >>>That posting was a criminal offence under the British Race Relations Act. >>> >>>I MEAN THAT. I AM NOT FOOLING. >> >> I am sorry to flame the flaming of ..... but I believe the above must >> be a hoax. When I read the original article I found it mildly funny, >> rather predictable, and yes, very racist. >> >> Neil > > >In the U.K. we have a race relations act, >and it covers such media as broadcast and >publication. > >Legally such things as computer Bulletin >boards are grey areas due to a lack of >case law. However, there is a case >which argues that the 'owner' (Whoever that >is) of every computer on a network which >carries the material, may be liable for prosecution. > >It is for this reason that certain newsgroups >are not carried in the U.K. > >I'll cross post this to Eunet.politics, and follow >up with an obligitary (legalised) joke. The characters > > From: flash@ee.qmc.ac.uk (Flash Sheridan) Reply-To: sheridan@nss.cs.ucl.ac.uk or_perhaps_Reply_to: flash@cs.qmc.ac.uk