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Re: Amero Cut Off

#810
From: See
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 00:00
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On Sat, 17 Jan 1998 23:59:17 GMT, why@bother.org (Dexter Peters)
wrote to All:

>
>Well it�s happened. An Internet bully has had her account terminated
>and may now be attempting to launch a civil action against a
>worthy and internationally respected volunteer based community
>organization.
>
>Chebucto Freenet of Nova Scotia, Canada may soon be dragged
>through the legal muck due to one person�s perception that
>Freenet access is a right and not a privilege.
>
>My visit to their site earlier today revealed that all of this
>mess is happening during one of their fundraising drive.
>And now all this work may be harmed by one bully.
>
>Anyone who wishes them well in their present plight
>could help them by sending them a small donation
>as a token of their support. This may help them offset
>the damage that may be caused, by this possibly
>upcoming frivolous legal action.
>I�m putting five bucks in an envelope along with my
>best wishes and thanks for providing such a wonderful
>service for their members in Nova Scotia Canada.
>
>I am neither, a director, or volunteer or fund-raiser 
>for this organization. However I do have a great admiration
>for these community based freenets, and the 
>valuable services they provide to their communities,
>including myself way back, when I started my computer
>and Internet hobby.
>
>This is their URL
>http://www.chebucto.ns.ca
>
>This the address I found on their site,
>on their  Contacts and support page under "Help desk"
>
>Chebucto Community Net
>   c/o Dept. of Math, Stats and CS
>   Dalhousie University
>   Halifax, NS
>   B3H 3J5 Canada
>
>Let�s give them a little help.
>
>>It's got nothing to do with their spines. It's got to do with their asses.
>>CCN is a community service. If they took her account away for making her
>>posts in newsgroups, she would haul their asses into court!
>                                              Quote from Barbara Amero
>
Good thinking, Pete!

My cheque will be in the mail to them tomorrow morning. 

Volunteers should not have had to tolerate the crap which a
single CCN user dragged down upon them. 

I only wish it were possible to send them a case of bubbly.

--
Cheers,  John Jenkins Sr.   -   daddio@thezone.net



















































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Subject: Re: Amero Cut Off
Date: 1998/01/18
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