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- From: dseeman@novell.com (Daniel Seeman)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Re: The EVIL Abian.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.214748.9341@novell.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 21:47:48 GMT
- References: <1992Dec17.184725.26583@ugle.unit.no> <1992Dec19.214340.19190@galois.mit.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec19.214340.19190@galois.mit.edu> jbaez@riesz.mit.edu (John C. Baez) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec17.184725.26583@ugle.unit.no> kim@Lise.Unit.NO (Kim Gunnar St|vring \yhus) writes:
- >>What are to be done with the EVIL Abian?
- >
- >Again (for those who didn't read my remark in the TIME HAS INERTIA
- >thread), the thing to do is get a moderated version of sci.physics
- >going. I would even be willing to co-moderate such a newsgroup FOR A
- >LIMITED TIME, if certain worries of mine were quelled. One, I would
- >need to be able to quit doing the job when I got sick of it, without
- >feeling guilty. This would require the existence of someone willing to
- >pick up the slack, I suppose. Two, I would need someone to hand me
- >whatever software was necessary, and have it work; I don't want to mess
- >around with software. Three, I would need to be able to take vacations!
- >In short, my question is this: could I moderate or co-moderate such a
- >newsgroup without ruining my life?
-
- Probably not. Government censors have been trying to control information's
- flow to the public since, well, since forever. And look at the lunacy of those
- censorship workers! Why would you think a private citizen would have an easier
- time of it?
-
- dks.
-
- ps. "You mean EVERYBODY in Iraq thinks those Patriot missles are powerful
- symbols of 'American Ingenuity'?"
-