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Article #285Re: WiReD Magazine - Banned in Canada
From: Ian R. Ameline
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 22:37
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 22:37
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In <2msfqr$pcv@ghost.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>, djones@CIM.McGill.CA (David Jones) writes: > WiReD Magazine - Banned in Canada > >Bookstores throughout Ontario, Canada, are pulling WiReD 2.04 (April '94) >from their shelves because it violates the Homolka/Teale publication ban. > >Toronto's "Worlds Biggest Bookstore" was apparently the first >to withdraw the illegal magazine. > >The Canadian distributor of WiReD has issued a memo advising all bookstores >to return the illegal issue for a full credit. > >--- >One wonders whether 2.04 will become more of a collector's item than 1.01 :-) Thats gotta be a load of crap -- I bought that issue from a bookstore here in Toronto just a few days ago (it had just arrived), and there's no information in it that was not in the Canadian newspapers -- it was talking about how information was flooding into Canada via the internet, and other means, and gave sufficient detail to go and read these sources, but it did not contain any banned information itself -- only places where one could find such information should you desire. Regards, | "Once you have flown, you will walk the earth with Ian R. Ameline, PP-ASEL | your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, (speaking for myself only)| and there you long to return" -- Leonardo DaVinci ViaCrypt PGP Key fingerprint = 3B B8 CF E9 CA 1B 9C 75 01 7F B2 64 10 7F 96 85
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