[10107] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Andrews Univ. & C. Thomas
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barry Shein)
Mon Feb 7 21:20:36 1994
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 21:19:50 -0500
From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein)
To: tully@cscns.com
Cc: postman@lists.psi.com, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Ed Tully's message of Mon, 7 Feb 94 18:27:22 MST <9402080127.AA20582@cns.cscns.com>
>From: tully@cscns.com (Ed Tully)
>There isn't much to say after Dave Hughes said it - except I might add
>the question: why isn't there as much hell raised about porn on the net?
>about the guy who posted all over the place about "I wonder what this 900
>number is for? " The typical response is "we can't be responsible". Now a
>guy mentions God and Jesus, and he's horsewhipped. and now everybody's
>responsible, and therefore Mr Thomas should be fired. I like Dave's
>answer. I wish I could have said it as eloquently as he.
Your characterization of this as a content issue is incorrect.
The issue was not the content, the issue was that they guy posted a
copy of this thing, one at a time, to over 1,500 discussion groups.
I believe that answers all your concerns.
It's reasonable to believe that the result would have been the same no
matter what the content.
-Barry Shein
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