🚀 go-pugleaf

> On Sat, 13 Jul 1996 05:07:27 GMT, yu156589@yorku.ca (C. Peter
> Constantinidis) wrote:
> 
> >Today, as a followup to the 4 methods, I wrote to winternet.com
> >(info@winternet.com) and asked them to yank their newsfeed to
> >inforamp.net.  I told them exactly what was going on with the
> >censorship, etc. where they could read more about it (tor.general),
> >etc.

In article <31e8404c.5490248@news.istar.ca>, galivan@inforamp.net wrote:
> 
> Im not sure which is worse. iStar's deletion of the 20 some odd
> groups, or this attempt to censor the inflow of news to the remaining
> groups (over 10,000) in an attempt to "get even." Both effect the
> users more than the company. 

I am sure.  Istars "censorship" is (for me) a philosophical annoyance,
but at present is (at worst) the very thin edge of an unpalatable wedge.
Screwing up the rest of the feed would constitute a very REAL annoyance.
Don't do us any favours, pal.
 
> 
> Personally, I find this action as irresponsible as iStar's actions
> were to begin with. 

And with no corporate skirts to lurk behind, this 
rather smelly cheese stands alone.

-- 
Bob Daniel              rgd@inforamp.net
Toronto, Canada         http://www.inforamp.net/~rgd