[10074] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Andrews Univ. & C. Thomas
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joseph W. Stroup)
Sun Feb 6 03:46:31 1994
From: "Joseph W. Stroup" <nettech@crl.com>
To: com-priv@psi.com
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 1994 00:45:36 -0800 (PST)
I do not agree with the way Clarence Thomas sent his message out over
the net but, I support his right to do so. In the Andrews Univ. news
release even the Univ. pointed out that Mr. Thomas did not violate
the law. Sounds like a lawsuit to me. Andrews Univ. was concerned about
its rep. on the net ? Give me a break. We all know that censorship begins
at home. Its funny to see a religious group concerned about public opinion
and no so concerned about ones civil rights.
Mr. Thomas sent out a posting and caused system admin's. to work a bit
later in the day. Oh well, attach to the Internet and you have to expect
that sort of thing. But to suspend this man because of complaints by
unhappy campers will probably open them to a suit. Last I checked freedom
of speech was still high up there on our list of civil rights.
I am not a firm believer in saving bandwidth - when we are out, more will
be there. I do feel that policy set in response to Internet e-mail is a
bad way to go. Here's hoping that Mr. Thomas will not have to lose his pay
over this whole thing. After all a re-active response to his actions makes
me wonder about the management at Andrews.
Joseph Stroup
