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Article #443Canceling someone else's article
From: Stephen L Nicoud
Date: Thu, 30 May 1991 22:34
Date: Thu, 30 May 1991 22:34
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In article <1991May29.222406.26060@herald.usask.ca> lowey@herald.usask.ca (Kevin Lowey) writes: >If anyone has a RIGHT here, it is the right of the owner of a computer to >control how his computer is used. Its exactly the same as the bus driver who >has the right to kick anyone off the bus if they are causing a problem. >Claiming that the USERS have rights to get electronic mail, no matter how >badly they act, is similar to saying that bus riders have the right to steal >the bus, and use it to rob a bank. If someone is trying to use MY equipment >in a way *I* consider is improper, then *I* have every right to kick those >people off *MY* computer. And how about the bus driver/owner who makes black people sit in the back of the bus. Clearly it is not *always* up to the owner's notion of what is "improper". You cannot restrict the activities based upon sex, race, religion, creed, etc... Stephen -- Stephen L Nicoud <snicoud@boeing.com> uw-beaver!bcsaic!snicoud Boeing Computer Services Research and Technology, Computer Science Bellevue, Washington USA
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!batcomputer!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!bcsaic!snicoud@Boeing.com From: snicoud@Boeing.com (Stephen L Nicoud) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy Subject: Canceling someone else's article Summary: Rights of computer owner are not supreme Message-ID: <48330@bcsaic.UUCP> Date: 30 May 91 22:34:42 GMT References: <eifrig.675550113@voronoi.cs.jhu.edu> <1991May29.222406.26060@herald.usask.ca> Sender: nntp@bcsaic.UUCP Organization: Boeing Computer Services Research and Technology, Bellevue, WA USA Lines: 20 Originator: snicoud@atc.boeing.com