jrc@ritcv.UUCP (James R Carbin) (10/13/83)
I waited ten days for someone to respond to the following dialogue, but since there were no takers, I feel that a response is in order. >From rochester!seismo!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!harpo!zeppo!wheps!vrv Sat Oct 1 13:04:27 1983 >Subject: What management thinks of USENET >Newsgroups: net.news.group > >---------------- > I get the distinct impression from the submissions that I read in here > regarding net.gay that 50+% of USENET ... > > USENET administrators: If I called your supervisor (whomever he/she/it > is), and asked if they were aware of USENET traffic on certain of the > computer systems under his/her/its supervision, would he/she/it say, > > "Really? That's news to me." [ :-) ] > "Yes, I know and I support it fully" > "So what?" > > Erik E. Fair {ucbvax,amd70,zehntel,unisoft}!dual!fair > Dual Systems Corporation > > P.S. My supervisor at Dual would probably say, "So what?" >---------------- > >My supervisor continuously says: > "Yes, I know and support it as long as > nothing controversial comes along. If > something does and slips through to > our system, the plug gets pulled as fast > as I can log on." > >Not everyone has management like your Erik. > >V. R. Vaillancourt (Vince) >Room 6D-110 >Bell Labs >Whippany, N.J. 07981 > >(harpo!wheps!vrv) >(research!wheps!vrv) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gee Vince, its too bad that it looks like we are going to have to say goodbye to Whippany (harpo!wheps!%s) on USENET. A quick perusal of recent articles that were potentially controversial came up with: net.singles: Interracial Dating How to find the "g-spot" net.politics: The Resignation of James Watt Israel and the PLO Nicaragura El Salvador Supreme Court - Morton Grove Handgun Decision Chile The Policies of Margaret Thatcher Socialism net.misc Which is Best? East or West? What features do you want on your phone? net.religion Secular Humanism vs. Life in a Judeo-Christian State Mormon Theology Polygamy - Recent Legal Developments net.med Macrobiotic Diet Cures Cancer net.followup Capital Punishment Handgun Ownership Posting the Same Article to Several Newsgroups (I personally know the mail that one created) What is Cybernet? (Couldn't even agree on that one!) net.lang Opinions on the faults of Modula-2 Enhancing C-Portability net.micro Views on Product Support Whether a BYTE Magazine Article was Valid Differing Opinions on Modem Reliability Need I go on? When you speak of "nothing controversial," what fits that definition? Or was this a veiled threat that if something as evil(?) as net.gay got on the net, you would be forced off? Why wasn't the appearance of discussions in net.singles involving "MOTSS" sufficient motivation? Perhaps your site doesn't subscribe to any of the above groups or maybe (just perhaps maybe) your supervisor is not as concerned as either he (or you) would lead us to believe. I hope Whippany does stay on the net. The more the merrier. It makes life that much more interesting and provides that much larger potential pool of information. Looking forward to continuing to see (harpo!wheps!%s) on the net, I remain as ever, j.r. (I'll add a :-) in an attempt to promote cordiality!)