[10110] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Andrews Univ. & C. Thomas
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Tully)
Mon Feb 7 21:49:27 1994
From: tully@cscns.com (Ed Tully)
To: postman@lists.psi.com (Barry Shein)
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 94 19:44:57 MST
Cc: postman@lists.psi.com, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <199402080219.AA26095@world.std.com>; from "Barry Shein" at Feb 7, 94 9:19 pm
Barry,
I usually agree with you - but this time I do not. I know listservs, and so
do you, that go to 28,000 or more people. I don't like the content of
someof it. Does that say i should write to the university MISand say what
a bad guy so-and-so is? IMHO, it was the content that everybody objected
to, not what he did. because what he did is done every day on the net. I
don't like anybody preaching at me either, but long ago i decided that
those who do it probably have more courage than I.
ed tully
>
>
> >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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