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When should someone else's article be cancelled?

From article <28.May.91.165820.60@cogsci.cog.jhu.edu>, by <somebody>:
> 1. When you are the administrator of the site on which the posting
> 	originated, and you believe it to be illegal or a forgery for some
> 	reason.  Preferably you would contact the original author and have
> 	them do so.

[Which is what happened in this case -- contacted user and had him
cancel his own stuff.  An "educational" procedure, if you will.]

> Basically, I don't think you should ever cancel someone else's article.  In
> particular, the content (unless illegal) is not germane.  Even when you
> think it is illegal, I'm not sure that you should cancel it.  Removing it
> from your system and making sure that you don't forward it on should
> (hopefully) eliminate any liability that you might be concerned about.  You
> may not know the circumstances of the posting and it may in fact be legal.
> If you leave the entry in your history file, it will be discarded if you
> receive it again from another newsfeed.  Of course, flaming er, "contacting"
> the original author is a time honored USENET tradition...

[Which was more than upheld in this instance.  :-) :-)]

> 				Bill Bogstad
> 
> BTW, Postings from "thor@valhalla.mil" are not "forgeries"...


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