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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!lib!oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu!jmaynard
  2. From: jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
  3. Newsgroups: news.admin.policy
  4. Subject: Re: A R G I C allows itself far too much
  5. Message-ID: <8234@lib.tmc.edu>
  6. Date: 29 Dec 1992 18:15:04 GMT
  7. References: <1992Dec24.132250.12357@refrig.dixie.com> <BzxMJI.LG4@mtholyoke.edu> <1992Dec29.134900.22459@refrig.dixie.com>
  8. Sender: usenet@lib.tmc.edu
  9. Organization: UT Health Science Center Houston
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  11. Nntp-Posting-Host: oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu
  12.  
  13. In article <1992Dec29.134900.22459@refrig.dixie.com> todd@refrig.dixie.com (Todd H.) writes:
  14. >I disagree.  Uunet is a business, and can do anything it wants to.  The
  15. >communication links they carry aren't regulated by the government, so far as
  16. >I know, and they aren't a public utility, so they're free to cut off anyone
  17. >that they want.
  18.  
  19. Actually, uunet is trying to establish itself as a common carrier. This does
  20. Good Things for all of Usenet, like removing individual sites' liability for
  21. transporting messages with illegal content. Unfortunately, it also means that
  22. they cannot refuse to carry traffic for any given customer.
  23. -- 
  24. Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
  25. jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu      | adequately be explained by stupidity.
  26.  "Brought to you by the letters O, S, and by the number 2." -- Mike Levis
  27.