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On Fri, 23 Jan 1998 10:22:06 -0800, Gordon McKenzie <me@nowhere.com>
wrote:

>Barbara Amero wrote:
>> 
>> General Cabot Trail wrote:
>> >
>> > Jason Arron Black wrote:

>> 
>> What's VCN?
>> 
>> Chebucto Community Net (a "FreeNet"), whose Mission
>
>VCN is a Vancouver based freenet that pulled the account of Jason Black
>for posting what they felt were hate messages. This was done with
>minimal intervention from other Usenet users (unlike in your case) and
>was, in fact, based on a new rule introduced that was applied
>retroactively to his account.
>
>As to whether either termination was fair, I don't know. Each instance
>stinks (IMHO) for different reasons despite my strong feelings of
>distaste for the posts of either person but it does raise the question
>of whether or not a company (or a freenet) can moderate the content of
>their subscribers posts. Still waiting for a court case to decide.

This is exactly WHY the campaign started in ns.general was ill advised
and instigated without considering the full ramifications of their
actions. However it would appear the perpetrators aren't ever going to
get a full grasp of the situation. I really hate it when people piss
in the pool.
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