ken@nsc.UUCP (11/17/87)
in article <333@ndcheg.UUCP>, evan@ndcheg.UUCP (Evan Bauman) says: *>Now I believe in free speech as much as anyone else, but using someone else's *>computer to promote your own warped ideas is not a protected right. If Mading *>is serious about continuing to annoy the net, let him buy his own UNIX box *>and get a feed for himself. > Evan Bauman It would seem obvious that you believe in free speach as long as the views expressed are not to different from yours. The concepts of warped, annoy, or protected rights are subject to the interpretation of the person reading the article. I am not trying to stand in defense of what eric said only the right to express his/your views. Many people have been persecuted due to the views they helded being unpopular at the time. It may be necessary to wade through thousands of lines of trash to find the one true gem but that gem may never have been expressed if censorship was allowed to rule the net. This is supposed to be an information exchange and if we muzzle the radicals and the radical views we will be uninformed when/if it becomes necessary to resist them and their kind. Silencing the opposition does not destroy them it just drives them to find other more devious ways to expound their beliefs. Don't drive them into hiding, force them into the open where all may see the danger in there ideals. {G*D, but I love a soap box} -- PATH= Second star to the right, {...Ken Trant...} and straight on till morning "Official Sponsor, US Olympic Team" {...Merrill Lynch Realty...} 415-651-3131 *:-) 408-721-8158