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On Sat, Nov 14, 1998 at 01:10:05PM -0500, Alan Spicer wrote: > It sounds like you want to censor UseNet and you want to be the god > that gets to do that. It sounds to me like you disagree with free speech and the right to decide what happens on private property - unless its what YOU demand others do. > I think UseNet will survive you as it has > survived everyone else. Everyone will OPT you OUT. I'm curious of > several things. 1.) Did you consult any Internet standards group or > organization about your plan for UseNet? Why should I? This isn't a standard. > 2.) What is your motivation > political or profit? Or do you answer to a higher authority? Excuse me? That question made no sense; my views on this matter, and Usenet in general, are hardly new, as anyone who has known of me for the last 10 or so years is well aware. -- -- Karl Denninger ([email protected]) http://www.mcs.net/~karl I ain't even *authorized* to speak for anyone other than myself, so give up now on trying to associate my words with any particular organization. > At 07:25 PM 11/13/98 -0600, you wrote: > > > >Oh, those who want to try to sink this with public opinion (won't work; > >anyone who's known me for more than a day knows how much I count that > >in my evaluations) don't have to bother telling the truth. > > > >- > >-- > >Karl Denninger ([email protected]) http://www.mcs.net/~karl > >I ain't even *authorized* to speak for anyone other than myself, so give > >up now on trying to associate my words with any particular organization. > > > > > >On Fri, Nov 13, 1998 at 06:00:15PM -0700, John M. Brown wrote: > >> Wouldn't it be nice if people actually quoted things correctly.... > >> > >> Quoting from his FAQ as posted on inet-access. > >> > >> " THIS CANCEL ADVISORY SYSTEM IS OPT-IN; THE CANCELS > >> WILL *NOT* BE GENERALLY INJECTED BACK INTO THE USENET > >> NEWS STREAM. " > >> > >> > > > /------------------------------------------------\ > | Alan Spicer ([email protected]) NIC:AGS14 | > | Systems Analyst / Administrator / Tech Support | > | | > | www.ebiznet.com | www.websgreatesthits.com | > \------------------------------------------------/
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