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- From: kadie@cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie)
- Subject: [soc.culture.indian] Re: Censorship and Internet (Re: Samit Banerjee and Ed Crick)
- Message-ID: <C0nuBs.3I4@cs.uiuc.edu>
- Followup-To: alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk,soc.culture.indian
- Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:55:04 GMT
- Lines: 38
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- [A repost - Carl]
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- From: vidynath@math.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyanath K Rao)
- Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
- Subject: Re: Censorship and Internet (Re: Samit Banerjee and Ed Crick)
- Date: 9 Jan 1993 22:27:34 -0500
- Message-ID: <1io536INN62n@function.mps.ohio-state.edu>
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-
- I will go one up on Craig and remove all the material from the post I am
- following up on:-)
-
- Vulgarity used with the sole intent of provoking someone would/could be
- construed as fighting words. They have never been protected by the
- first amendment.
-
- Any entity that allows its resources to used in this manner, and then
- refuses to take action when such instances have been brought to its
- notice is liable under the law. Show me a case or the specific law that
- disproves this.
-
- To give a graphic instance: If you insist on calling one particular student,
- say, "wop", and that student does not complain to the university but takes
- legal action, then the university will not be held responsible. But, if the
- student complains to university first, and the university refuses to take
- action, the university is liable. In fact, according to the recent laws on
- providing a workplace free of harassment and intimidation, theuniversity
- may be crimially liable.
-
- Of course, now Craig will edit out the last paragraph and then post a lot
- of irrelevant material.
- --
- Vidhyanath Rao It is the man, not the method, that solves
- nathrao+@osu.edu the problem. - Henri Poincare
- (614)-366-9341 [as paraphrased by E. T. Bell]
- --
- Carl Kadie -- I do not represent any organization; this is just me.
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