[9064] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: sleaze
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rose Marie Holt)
Wed Dec 15 14:45:58 1993
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1993 11:43:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Rose Marie Holt <rmholt@u.washington.edu>
To: Douglas Barnes <cman@caffeine.io.com>
Cc: Ed Tully <tully@cscns.com>, postman@lists.psi.com, bzs@world.std.com,
In-Reply-To: <199312150435.WAA08774@caffeine.caffeine.io.com>
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> Suppose Rushdie comes to me and says, "Doug, I'd like you to put up
> Satanic Verses for free ftp." Would a hypothetical sysadmin in Iran
> have the right to forbid this and make it stick? (Setting aside
> the issue of the reward they offer for my head.) What about GIFs
> that show a woman in a bathing suit, or with her head uncovered,
> dressed for success?
The point is, that they would TRY, and as soon as they could, they would.
> because Apple pays benefits to partners of gay employees. Should they
> have the right to ghettoize discussion of homosexuality for everyone?
Vide supra
