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In article <sb380.721296687@KingsX> sb380@city.ac.uk (HOLT A D) writes:
>john@iastate.edu (John Hascall) writes:
>
>>betsys@cs.umb.edu (Elizabeth Schwartz) writes:
>>} ...
>>}  We carry all the pictures groups, and we wish to continue to carry
>>}them, but what ABOUT child pornography? I really don't want us to be a
>>}passive distributor of this stuff. I am getting complaints from *fans*
>>}of the group that some postings are going too far. 
>
>>How about this amazingly radical concept...
>
>>  If something is illegal for your site, you delete it from your site.
>
>>John
>>-- 
>This attitude is _precisely_ why some sites ban a whole newsgroup, or set of 
>newsgroups, even if only a few postings are illegal. They do not have the
>time or the wish to be a censor (selection of individual messages), but
>could face serious fines or even imprisonment.
>AIUI possession of child pornography is an absolute offence in UK law -
>unknowing possession is still an offence. (Perhaps an English lawyer
>could correct me if I am wrong)

O.K., it may be illegal in the UK to possess child porn (and it will
be in Germany too in the near future, and I do personally not support
any people who want that stuff), but how do people react on an
*international* network to these legal restrictions? There may be
religious countries that forbid possession of materials belonging to a
different than their own religion; or regimes that prohibit the
possession of politically incorrect (in their view) materials; are we
going to judge every single posting by the toughest standards
applicable anywhere?

The responsibility for a posting lies at ONE person: the one who
posted it. 

Olaf
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