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- Newsgroups: alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk
- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!newstand.syr.edu!greeny
- From: greeny@top.cis.syr.edu (J. S. Greenfield)
- Subject: Re: Jim Bowery's offensive posting
- Message-ID: <1992Dec13.111648.13952@newstand.syr.edu>
- Organization: Syracuse University, CIS Dept.
- References: <eumLVB2w165w@netlink.cts.com> <1992Dec11.125001.24179@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 11:16:48 EST
- Lines: 29
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- In article <1992Dec11.125001.24179@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> bhv@areaplg2.corp.mot.com (Bronis Vidugiris) writes:
-
- >)
- >)We have been receiving a number of requests to censure Mr. Bowery for
- >)his post (F81iVB1w165w@netlink.cts.com).
- >)
- >)NetLink is a public access system, and provides access for people to
- >)exchange ideas and opinions -- any opinions, not just those that are
- >)"politically correct."
- >)
- >)However, Mr. Bowery's post was in violation of soc.motss charter and
- >)was also innapropriate for the other groups as well. He has been
- >)counseled about proper net etiquette, and had his posting access temporarily
- >)suspended.
- >
- >I'm curious as to whether alt.acad-freedom readers think that Bowery has
- >been given adequate due process here or not.
-
- How could we know? The sysadmin's note does not specify what process was
- used to determine the presence of a violation and/or allow Mr. Bowery to
- defend himself. Without such information, we can only make guesses as
- to what happened.
-
-
- --
- J. S. Greenfield greeny@top.cis.syr.edu
- (I like to put 'greeny' here,
- but my d*mn system wants a
- *real* name!) "What's the difference between an orange?"
-