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Article #6ONE YEAR AGO: What to do about the new Newsgroup Censorship Policy at ISU
From: David M Edsall
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 22:35
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 22:35
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In <1991Dec16.210727.2682@news.iastate.edu> spam@iastate.edu (Michael L Begley) writes: >In article <david.692915520@colt.cc.iastate.edu> david@iastate.edu (David M. Martin Jr.) writes: >>> 4. Contact the Gay etc etc, whatever the acronym is this month, >>> and let them know that a.s.motss is going to be cut - >>> I'd say this is grounds for a discrimination suit. >> >>Huh? Discrimination suit? That would require both actual >>discrimination (of which I see none) and a law prohibiting it in this >>form (which we certainly don't have). >The reason I contacted the LGBA is because they not only promote acceptance >of homosexual lifestyles, but they also promote overall sexual awareness. >The censorship of alt.sex.motss affects their first aim, by limiting people's >ability to discuss homosexual lifestyles. The censorship of the other groups >affects their secondary aim, by limiting peoples ability to discuss sex. >I'm writing with no representation of the LGBA, only my perception of their >goals. I have not yet gotten a response from them; I called this morning >and talked to the answering machine. They`re working limited hours this week, >so the message may not have been receved. Perhaps someone out there in >isu.cc.generaland can speed this up...
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Newsgroups: ia.newsgroups,ia.talk.politics,isu.cc.general,isu.cc.vincent,isu.newsgroups,isu.talk.misc,isu.talk.computer-fee,isu.talk.politics,alt.censorship,isu.talk.usenet-policy Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!pv7411.vincent.iastate.edu!edsall From: edsall@iastate.edu (David M Edsall) Subject: ONE YEAR AGO: What to do about the new Newsgroup Censorship Policy at ISU Message-ID: <edsall.724631758@pv7411.vincent.iastate.edu> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA References: <1991Dec16.142003.10737@news.iastate.edu> <1991Dec16.152546.14765@news.iastate.edu> <david.692915520@colt.cc.iastate.edu> <1991Dec16.210727.2682@news.iastate.edu> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 22:35:58 GMT Lines: 23