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- From: alizard@tweekco.uucp (A.Lizard)
- Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
- Subject: Re: Harrassment
- Message-ID: <LV1cwB2w164w@tweekco.uucp>
- Date: 25 Dec 92 22:41:20 GMT
- References: <Bztq7J.7I5@news.udel.edu>
- Organization: Tweek-Com Systems BBS, Moraga, CA (510) 631-0615
- Lines: 53
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- 20541@brahms.udel.edu (Maverick) writes:
-
- > In article <qVa0VB1w164w@tweekco.uucp> alizard@tweekco.uucp (A.Lizard) writes
- >
- > >If you can't handle the risk of being flamed in E-Mail or via public
- > >posts for posting stupid and off-topic posts to a newsgroup whose topic
- > >shifted to complaints about your stupidity and thoughtlessness in posting
- > >subsequent to your posts, you have no business participating in Usenet.
- >
- > Gee, Mr. Lizard, I think this message is stupid and thoughless. Why don't
- > you take a look at what you just posted. THere is no reason for you to use
- > "stupid" and "thoughtless"
- >
- > >If you don't like this, stay off Usenet. If you don't like accountability
- > >for posting on a public network, don't post.
- >
- > Wow, Mr. Lizard, you are a TOUGH GUY, aren't you? By the way, I don't think
- > I like you. Why don't you stay off the Net?
- >
- > > Unrestricted freedom of speech is not something that goes with Usenet acces
- >
- >
- > Opps, wrong again Lizzt Boy, Or are you too "stupid" to know how to read
- > the U.S. Constitution. And if you don't like it, chew harder.
- >
- >
- >
-
- Here is another example of a stupid post to a newsgroup intended to assist
- new users learning how to use the Internet. However, it does serve a useful
- purpose, in showing new users what NOT to do. And demonstrating the the
- mentally "challenged" probably should avoid public access networks. The
- other obvious point is that the US Constitutional "freedom of speech"
- provisions do not apply here or to any other public access networks. Freedom
- of speech here basically comes down to what the system administrators
- around here are willing to put up with. How long will Maverick's system
- administrators put up with him? That depends on how many people complain
- about him, if he generally puts garbage up on newsgroups where people are
- paying by the kilobyte to access, the resulting complaints to
- system@brahms.udel.edu or root or postmaster may result in Maverick's
- having to whine to himself.
- Usenet is essentially an anarchy. The fact that it works as well as it
- does traces to the fact that quite a few of us voluntarily behave in a
- responsible manner on the nets and occasionally, enforce responsible
- conduct on the more childish among the userbase.
- A.Lizard
-
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