[78650] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: sorbs.net
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Gibbard)
Tue Mar 15 14:08:53 2005
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:05:51 -0800 (PST)
From: Steve Gibbard <scg@gibbard.org>
To: Dave Dennis <dmd@speakeasy.org>
Cc: Micah McNelly <micah@style.net>,
Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0503151056060.2765@shell2.speakeasy.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
This is straying a bit far from network operations, and would probably be
better discussed elsewhere.
-Steve
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, Dave Dennis wrote:
>
> 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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> + Dave Dennis
> + Seattle, WA
> + dmd@speakeasy.org
> + http://www.dmdennis.com
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