[78647] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: sorbs.net
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Dennis)
Tue Mar 15 13:57:56 2005
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:57:28 -0800 (PST)
From: Dave Dennis <dmd@speakeasy.org>
To: Micah McNelly <micah@style.net>
Cc: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <42372F22.2070909@style.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, Micah McNelly wrote:
>
> Actually I got a response quickly from a list member who represent sorbs
> at some level. Do you really think opinion has a place in mail
> delivery? What if the USPS decided any magazine you subscribed to was
> suddenly unfit for delivery and decided it should blocked (thrown away)?
>
> /m
>
Well, anyone remember the Comstock Act?
But seriously, the analogy here is a bit false. It would be like
the recipient of the mail signed up to use a service that inspected
their mail for them, and made the decisions you are describing.
You can argue that signing up for such a service is silly, wrong headed,
ill informed and results in unintended consequences. But you cannot argue
that it is government censorship.
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