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- From: cliveg@cix.compulink.co.uk (Clive Grace)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: Censorship (was Testing Tin)
- Message-ID: <memo.899923@cix.compulink.co.uk>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 18:21:00 GMT
- Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk
- Reply-To: cliveg@cix.compulink.co.uk
- Lines: 42
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- In-Reply-To: <1993Jan26.071629.19812@netcom.com> lunisea@netcom.com (Stephanie Alford)
-
- > > Yes, I know I could get any censored news group I
- > >wanted to via Nyx or uunet.net, but I shouldn't have to ! Argh..
-
- > SEA joins in: "When I was a younger lass and employed, oh about last
- > If he [the system administrator ] had said that all newsgroups
- > except the comp.* hierarchy were going to be lost, I might not have
- > squawked as much. DJ is right, censorship is a no-no."
-
- Tanais is sitting next to the fire. In deep discussion with Taldin. A
- book is by the fox's side. He stops at this comment, begs his
- forgiveness from Taldin a momnent and thumbs through until he finds the
- right page:
-
- "'If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome we should have had
- today neither Horace nor Juvenal, nor the philosophical writings of
- Cicero.' Said Voltaire". And Tanais closes the book.
-
- "Censorship is a heavy subject, but I wouldn't want to imagine life
- without the legacy of Horace, Juvenal -- or indeed the Place, no matter
- who passes those doors". And smiling at everyone in the room he turns to
- Taldin to continue his conversation.
-
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- | .. "When I grow up, I want to stop being a computer journalist|
- | .OO. and learn how to write." |
- | O/\O |
- | -- Tanais - friend to all furkindred|
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- |cliveg@cix.compulink.co.uk | Bisexual knitter of quality since 1992|
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- | .. "When I grow up, I want to stop being a computer journalist|
- | .OO. and learn how to write." |
- | O/\O |
- | -- Tanais - friend to all furkindred|
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- |cliveg@cix.compulink.co.uk | Bisexual knitter of quality since 1992|
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