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Charles Herbert Crookston <chasc@orion.sfsu.edu> wrote:

>What is being practiced here is InterNet Vigilantism. Censorship is
>not warented, wanted or needed. Particularly by anyone, self appointed, 
>and acting unilateraly!

Would you rather they be supercede messages, doubling the volume for every
message just to redirect the misposted binaries to the appropriate group?

Usenet works because the users are socially responsible and post only what
is appropriate to the newsgroups.  The mainstreaming of the net has
introduced an irresponsible element.  Until they can behave, some
enforcement of net mores will need to be done.  They post irresponsibly
because they can.  To stop them, we must make sure they can't.

This isn't censorship.  Nothing prevents the misposters from posting their
binaries to appropriate newsgroups.

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 \_--=____#)      a manner intended to annoy or harass?  Watch those flames!