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Article #168Re: Enforcement, Selection, and on-the-fly policy making
From: Carl M. Kadie
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 02:55
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 02:55
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betsys@cs.umb.edu (Elizabeth Schwartz) writes: > There's another thing about these threads that is bothering me; the >implication that policies can't be made or modified on the fly, that >only written-in-stone policies are fair. [...] > Take this plan thing. Right now we have no written rule on .plan >files, and an unwritten policy that they not be obscene and that they >not interfere with others. [...] My main criticism of the .plan policy is not that it is unwritten and vague but rather than it bans things that it shouldn't be banned. Specifically, it bans not just legally obscene material but also offensive, but constitutionally protected, material. - Carl -- Carl Kadie -- kadie@cs.uiuc.edu -- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy,alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!ames!think.com!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!m.cs.uiuc.edu!herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu!kadie From: kadie@herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie) Subject: Re: Enforcement, Selection, and on-the-fly policy making Message-ID: <1992Oct10.025539.15157@m.cs.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@m.cs.uiuc.edu (News Database (admin-Mike Schwager)) Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL References: <BETSYS.92Oct8122503@ra.cs.umb.edu> Distribution: comp Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 02:55:39 GMT Lines: 20