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Re: WiReD Magazine - Banned in Canada

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From: digitar
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 13:33
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In article <snowhareCnA3B0.6Gy@netcom.com>,
Snowhare <snowhare@netcom.com> wrote:
>Peter Renzland (peter@renzland.org) wrote:
>: Someone states sweepingly:
>: >>The issue in question doesn't contain any information at all about 
>: >>the trial.
>
>: And someone else feels compelled to violate the publication ban by telling the
>: world:
>: >Yes there is. XXXX words. "She pleaded XXXXXXXX". If it wasn't for 
>: >those XXXX words it would not have been pulled from the shelves. The 
>: >ban covers the plea.
>
>: (I crossed out the plea and the word count so as not to republish the banned
>: information.)
>
>Of course - being a US citizen posting from a US system via a US 
>network the phrase 'She pleaded guilty' is no more banned than the 
>phrase 'John likes beagles'.
>
>Get a clue. The vast majority of people reading these groups are NOT 
>Canandian nor are they subject to the Canandian court order.
>
>'She pleaded guilty'
>'She pleaded guilty'
>'She pleaded guilty'
>'She pleaded guilty'

There's nothing that prevents any of us from saying it either. It is a
publication ban. I am not a publication so I can say anything I wish.

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Subject: Re: WiReD Magazine - Banned in Canada
Date: 29 Mar 1994 08:33:27 -0500
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