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Article #40Re: iStar memo: don't tell customers list of banned newsgroups
From: Xanlithe
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 00:00
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In article <radfordr-1607962133300001@ts33-13.tor.istar.ca>, >> So I come back to my main point: this is an exercise in arbitrary >> censorship motivated by political correctness/moral issues. To pretend >otherwise >> is a mockery of the truth about what is happening here. > >I don't think this is a 'mockery of the truth'. iStar are simply taking >the steps necessary to reduce their legal liability to an acceptable >business level. I am not sure what you mean about political correctness. >As near as I can make out, the Criminal Code provisions preceded that form >of censorship. If Istar wished to reduce their legal liablity, then they should reduce their exposure. Simply getting rid of 35 groups is STUPID. It smacks of Political correctness/moral turpitude. What they have done is odiously rid themselves of groups that are NON-PC and/or overtly/covertly sexist. I would like to maintain my right to say what I want to say and to publish what I want to be published, whether it be through print or electronic media. To do less is iconoclastic (look it up in your fuckin' dictionary).
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11544f,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid11544f,public X-Google-Thread: fb1ea,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1ea,public X-Google-Thread: 1046d5,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid1046d5,public X-Google-Thread: 115882,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid115882,public X-Google-Thread: 10643c,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid10643c,public X-Google-Thread: 10aaae,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid10aaae,public X-Google-Thread: 12c2cc,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid12c2cc,public X-Google-Thread: 13d6bc,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid13d6bc,public From: jay@inforamp.net (Xanlithe) Subject: Re: iStar memo: don't tell customers list of banned newsgroups Date: 1996/07/17 Message-ID: <4shftu$jpr@news.inforamp.net> X-Deja-AN: 168563081 distribution: inet references: <4rmsbp$5ur@insight.dcss.mcmaster.ca> <jbtoacf.-0707960850350001@ip93-106.tor.interlog.com> <4ro8na$du@news.intranet.ca> <radfordr-0807961957040001@ts39-13.tor.istar.ca> <4sebvj$n6e@news.inforamp.net> <radfordr-1507962113530001@ts26-09.tor.istar.ca> <4sf5ia$428@news.inforamp.net> <radfordr-1607962133300001@ts33-13.tor.istar.ca> organization: Your Organization newsgroups: inforamp.general,inforamp.support,alt.censorship,comp.org.eff.talk,can.legal,can.infohighway,tor.general,alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk,alt.society.civil-liberty,ont.general