jj@rabbit.UUCP (Marmaduke Surfaceblow) (05/25/84)
I don't really feel that this article belongs in net.followup, but it's being posted where I'm having to wade through the mire of articles about unc!tim, censorship, and supposed fascism. If you want me to post it somewhere else, too bad. I'm not going to reply, I might not even read your note. I don't see how all the name-calling about this subject is going to solve anything. First, it's certainly not going to clear up the problem of censorship. Second, we don't know the other half of the story. I don't see how anyone can hope to make a judgement given one half of the story. It's possible to get a tenetive view of the situation, but I can't see how anyone can make up more of a case than that. Third, calling other members involved in the debate fascists or otherwise isn't going to solve anything, and using silly, emotionally loaded sophistry to equate expectations of personal responsibility with fascism isn't going to convince the supposed fascists <and only supposed, as far as I'm concerned, since I think that people should have responsibility for their own actions myself> of the error of their ways, it's going to offend them, and reinforce their opinions and expectations of the name-caller. I'd like to request that this debate be moved to net.flame, or net.politics, or perhaps net.legal, depending on what part of the question is being asked, and that it be moved permanantly OUT of net.general and net.followup, which are <theoretically> reserved for new subjects of general interest. I further request that (in all newsgroups other than net.flame) correspondence be polite, without rancor, sophistry, or emotional manipulation, and to the point. Net use is a privelege, not a right. The net is a private creation, consisting of a myriad of companines and individuals acting independantly, and without any binding agreement. Any arguments to the contrary are simply disregarding the reality of the net. Arguments to the effect of "should be" are useless unless accompanied by a practical, popular, and legal proposal of how to make the net a public entity. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME -- TEDDY BEARS ARE MUCH NICER THAN PEOPLE--HUG YOURS, I DO! (Instead of spa, we'll drink brown ale, and pay the reckoning on the nail, ...) (allegra,harpo,ulysses)!rabbit!jj