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- From: kadie@eff.org (Carl M. Kadie)
- Subject: [aus.aarnet] Re: Aarnet should not be pornographic!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.173153.14609@eff.org>
- Followup-To: alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk,aus.aarnet
- Originator: kadie@eff.org
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- Organization: The Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:31:53 GMT
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- [A repost - Carl]
-
- Newsgroups: aus.aarnet
- From: jonathan@psych.psy.uq.oz.au (Jonathan Dwyer)
- Subject: Re: Aarnet should not be pornographic!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.081015.2515@psych.psy.uq.oz.au>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 08:10:15 GMT
-
-
- Just my $0.02 worth (for Geoff) from a random point in the discussion:
-
- We can be liberal or conservative,
-
- X> Since pornography is demeaning to women, I believe the AarNet and any other
- X> Australian network, should not be subscribing to such rubbish.
-
- Y> Well, lets extend this line of thought - ban all the newsgroups except
- Y> aus.* comp.* bionet.* and sci.*
-
- and we can be anywhere else too, and the neat thing about AARNet
- or USENET is that so many points of view are tolerated and often
- vigorously :) discussed.
-
- HOWEVER, we all know what the media make of such things
- in their scramble for advertising ratings, and remember what
- happened to Prodigy.......
-
- If the discussion of AARNet and its content ever hits shows like
- Hinch, Current Affair or even 7:30 Report, we all know that the
- 'outraged (not to mention recession-squeezed) taxpayer' routine
- will be dragged out, leading to the government imposed 'quick fix'
- to mollify the supposed 'outraged taxpayers'.
-
- Should this happen, the parameters of the 'quick fix' will probably
- include, but not necessarily be limited to, the easiest targets, IMHO.
-
- This raises the question: Should there be easy targets available, i.e.
- should AARNet allow a few controversial newsgroups to remain, which
- may then be 'sacrificed' in case of trouble.....or.....should AARNet remove
- such newsgroups in the hope of avoiding media attention to begin with?
-
- Of course this assumes a definition of 'targets' limited to newsgroups.
-
- Just, as I said, my 'passing thought' ichi-yen (inflation modifed) worth...
-
- Jon
-
- BTW Is there any truth to the rumor that some major component of
- AARNet funding has been removed in the interests of 'user pays'??
-
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