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- From: bane@vtx.ma.man.ac.uk) (M i c h a e l ;-)
- Newsgroups: news.admin.policy,alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk,misc.legal,alt.censorship
- Subject: Re: Groups used to distribute illegal material
- Message-ID: <5752@m1.cs.man.ac.uk>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 22:49:08 GMT
- References: <BsxH08.GE8@mtholyoke.edu> <1992Aug13.180458.9340@m.cs.uiuc.edu> <1992Aug13.192347.21686@ludd.luth.se>
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- In article <1992Aug13.192347.21686@ludd.luth.se>, bjorn@ludd.luth.se (Bjorn Fahller) writes:
- |> I think this idea of closing newgroups because they carry illegal material is
- |> a bit strange. It's not the newsgroup that's at fault. If it's pictures, they
- |> can very well be posted somewhere else, or be spread through mail (which
- |> I believe already happens). No one (I think) would carry the idea of closing
- |> a road because people drive too fast, or would anyone?
-
- Come on.... things *DO* happen if many people drive too fast down one piece of road:
- 1) the police keep a watch (from secret hiding places....... THINK ABOUT IT!)
- 2) there are other measures taken ("traffic calming")
- 3) and it has been known (and OFTEN APPRECIATED) to actually close the roads !
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- NB: this is not to say that I do or do not agree with illegal traffic on UseNet (I've
- not weighed up all the arguments yet)
-
- Michael
-