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- From: russ@wpg.com (Russell Lawrence)
- Subject: Re: Clinton/Fonda
- Message-ID: <By3tw4.JA8@wpg.com>
- Organization: WP Group
- References: <swood.722280564@vela>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 06:26:27 GMT
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- Russell Lawrence writes:
- rl> Gee Scott. Just a week ago you were telling me that you were going
- rl> to have me thrown off usenet. Whatever happened to your plans?
-
- From article <swood.722280564@vela>, by swood@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Scott Wood - EVENSONG):
- sw> You turned around and symbolically slapped my face by saying that
- sw> your right to free speech supercedes any obligations or
- sw> regulations you are under in regards to the use of UseNet. That
- sw> is BS. Become accountable dammit. What is wronge with some of
- sw> the people in this country that they always want to push things
- sw> off on someone else! You broke net policy - I suggested you
- sw> don't - you were an ass about it - I reported.
-
- My criticism of your philosophy isn't a violation of net
- policy, especially when it sheds light on your misunderstanding
- of the terms "toleration" and "censorship". For example, it's
- perfectly acceptable for me to address your (not-so-humble) opinion
- that:
-
- -- everyone who voted for Bill Clinton is a "looney"
- -- businessmen who hire "feminists" and AR activists are "looney"
- -- Jane Fonda is a "traitor"
-
- sw> That is fact - that is what happened and only what happened.
- sw> Don't try to fantasize more to it because there isn't. I don't
- sw> want to be the personal policeman of the net, but if I see people
- sw> doing things wronge or against the rules, I am smart enough to
- sw> realize that the people in charge may not be omniscient in
- sw> nature. So I watch out for the things that I care for. I am
- sw> accountable for my own world. If you can not deal with that too
- sw> damned bad.
-
- I can deal with it very easily. Can you deal with the likelihood
- that the people-in-charge don't take you seriously?
-
- sw> When I go out in the woods and see trash I pick it up - when I
- sw> see a slob hunter, I ask them to leave or refrain from their slob
- sw> activities. Regardless whether they have a gun. If I see a
- sw> permanent tree stand on state land, I tear it down. It does not
- sw> make me a friend of slob hunters but it helps me sleep better at
- sw> night. In the same way, if I see some usenet slob trying to
- sw> proliferate his own delusions of grandeur by abusing the concepts
- sw> of free speech and abusing all network guidelines in the process,
- sw> I am going to approach them with my opinion on the subject.
-
- Uh huh.
-
- sw> A little hint for you here - I don't like to snitch. I prefer
- sw> not to as a lot of the net gurus are very busy people. It is
- sw> only when the manner that such is handled is rude or
- sw> irresponsible in nature that I get on the horn and start going on
- sw> record - deal with it.
- sw>
- sw> You are an irresponsible jerk and a bully. Knowledge is power,
- sw> its misuse is a crime against all those that fight so hard for
- sw> wisdom. You lack wisdom Russell and even worse you lack commen
- sw> sense.
-
- Thanks for sharing, Scott. I'd recommend that you contact the
- sysadmin at your site and have him/her explain what the phrase
- "posting email" really means.
-
- --
- Russell Lawrence, WP Group, New Orleans (504) 443-5000
- russ@wpg.com uunet!wpg!russ
-