[14686] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Reporting Little Blue Men
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Wed Jan 21 16:46:32 1998
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 13:25:05 -0800
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@priori.net>
In-Reply-To: <199801212053.PAA25005@bconnex.net>
At 03:54 PM 1/21/98 -0500, Dennis Simpson wrote:
>> From: Dean Anderson <dean@av8.com>
>>
>> But when you take the step from advocacy to actions you are violating the
>> law in almost every case. You can advocate anything, but you can't go
>> tearing down buildings, or in this case, intercepting communications.
>I cannot block mail espousing causes I disagree with, but I have no
>obligation to deliver them either. Find yourself another path to my
>client; I won't do anything to permit or prevent it. I am not blocking you.
>I am also not assisting you. That is neither illegal nor immoral.
I agree with almost everything you said, but there is one point I question.
It is my understanding that I have an absolute right to block mail
espousing causes I disagree with on my private property (e.g. my mail
server). I am not the government, you have no "First Amendment" rights
with me. Of course, IANAL, so I could be wrong.
Unfortunately, I also agree that reading the CONTENT of users' e-mail is
immoral and reprehensible, so I don't know how I would block "causes" I
despise. And whether it is illegal or not, it is probably actionable in
civil court, so it's not a good idea no matter what. (Seems you can sue
anyone for anything in the US.)
>SPAM yourself silly.
That's cute. Can I use it? ;)
>dennis
TTFN,
patrick
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