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In <1991Jun1.174136.6258@rock.concert.net>
   mcmahan@cs.unca.edu (Scott McMahan) writes:

>Sure, if you own your *own* computer, you can do whatever you want
>with it.  Try denying access to a black person sometime!  You are 
>_still_ subject to _some_ laws!  If you *did* deny access, and if
>the person decided to take it to court, you'd be in *hot water* .

Certainly not if there were other reasons for the owner to reject
access. e.g. He's the founding member of the secret "Computer Chaos
in Government Society".

Being in a minority doesn't automatically give people extra rights,
does it? (It appears to because we don't wish to "offend".)

>Usenet may be privately owned, and may set their policy, 
>but as I said -- if they say "No Asians have a RIGHT to use our
>computers to take over America"  I'll be it wouldn't be their policy
>for long! :-)

Gee, they sure wouldn't have rules like that around here :-)
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