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[A repost - Carl]

Newsgroups: soc.men,soc.motss,soc.culture.new-zealand
Subject:  Re: Jim Bowery's offensive posting
Message-ID: <1992Dec12.221627.5276@nezsdc.icl.co.nz>
From: derek@nezsdc.icl.co.nz (Derek Tearne)
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 22:16:27 GMT

In article <1gafqvINNe3j@transfer.stratus.com> dswartz@sw.stratus.com (Dan Swartzendruber) writes:
>In article <eumLVB2w165w@netlink.cts.com>, system@netlink.cts.com (System Administrator) writes:
>> 
>> We have been receiving a number of requests to censure Mr. Bowery for
>> his post (F81iVB1w165w@netlink.cts.com).  
>> 
>> NetLink is a public access system, and provides access for people to
>> exchange ideas and opinions -- any opinions, not just those that are
>> "politically correct."  
>> 
>> However, Mr. Bowery's post was in violation of soc.motss charter and
>> was also innapropriate for the other groups as well.  He has been 
>> counseled about proper net etiquette, and had his posting access temporarily
>> suspended.
>> 
>
>Great.  So in other words, he's free to say whatever he wants.  Except he isn't.
>Ever consider a career in politics?
>
>And no, I didn't think his posting was anything other than hateful garbage.

I think sometimes we shoot ourselves in our collective feet when we stop 
people like this from posting.  If we exclude them from our vision we tend
to forget that they exist.  Then we live in quiet complacency thinking society
is free from nutters.      

Let him post - let him get shot down in flames - maybe he has a thick skin 
and won't notice - but - just maybe - after repeatedly being informed of the
distance from the <usenet> societal norm which his postings take him - he 
may change his attitudes.  Sometimes peer group pressure can be a positive 
thing.  


After all there are always kill files (a freudian name if ever there was one).


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