Censoring innapropriate postiongs?

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From: StarOwl
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 18:12

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lear@yeager.corp.sgi.com (Eliot Lear) writes:

|I don't know whether there are underage postings in
|alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.  I haven't looked.  I don't want to
|look.  Please let's nip this in the bud before I have to look.  The
|legalities of the situation are quite nebulous, and I think we'd all
|rather not deal with them.

If you want to complain about what's been posted to abpe, perhaps
you should do so to root at the offending person's site.

Having news admins cancel "offensive" articles is (IMHO) unethical
and Wrong.  It stretches the boundaries of "legitimate censorship,"
--
Michael Adams
StarOwl@uiuc.edu
wi.4962@n7kbt.rain.com

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From: StarOwl@uiuc.edu (StarOwl)
Subject: Censoring innapropriate postiongs?
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