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bt351 (bt351@torfree.net) wrote:
: Yuri Kuchinsky (yuku@globalserve.net) wrote:

: : I don't think TFN should necessarily serve as "a vanguard of free speech".
: : I don't think that there's a big need for this, since Usenet already has
: : plenty of free speech.
: 
: 	yes.  like chris lewis, scott anguish, jan isley  and kia mennie 
: who maintain their free speech by forge cancelling that they take 
: exception to (and, on occasion, sending threats of disabling or 
: dismembering or killing usenet denizens)).

So you agree with me then?

: : On the contrary, since TFN is publicly funded, it should aim to maintain
: : the same or similar level of free speech as other ISPs, which is plenty
: : already. By providing a convenient forum for especially obnoxious,
: : offensive, and possibly law-breaking posters, TFN may only enanger its
: : funding.
: 
: 	so you propose those particularly ill-affected by present 
: government policy should put up and shut up?

Not at all.

: 	c'mon yuri.  you asked me to deal with a coinservative hygenist 
: (who advocated something dangerously close to rape as a means of birth 
: control and need for social and physical interraction).

Who are you, and what is this all about? I have no idea what you're
talking about. Do you have a name? Why are you hiding behind a number?

: 	umm..this falls back to the restrictions on capital - nad who 
: has those privilges.
: 
: : As far as "justice" goes, TFN, by providing free services to the poor,
: : will do well to maintain and improve its level of service. This is
: : contribution to social justice enough.
: 
: 	it would be nice if the "nouveau riche" as yourself took some 
: responsibilty for what advantage they've had as a result of the tfn.  

I have no idea what your point may be. Do you have a point?

Yuri.

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Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he 
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