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In article <E4xn4C.A63.0.sheppard@torfree.net>,
Bob Allisat <ab330@torfree.net> wrote:
>
>Me, Bob Allisat wrote:
>> Acceptable Use Policies
>> basically say the ISP's
>> can do anything they like
>> *REGARDLESS* of any enshrined
>> rights. Simply because most
>> of our constitutions were
>> written *before* the digital
>> era.
>
>Karl Mamer replied:
>: So what? Does a print shop have to print your
>: newsletter?
>
> The Internet is not a print
> shop. It a medium where all
> agree to carry each others
> ideas without interferance.

What ? This is news to me. You sound
like you're talking abourt the halcyon years
of uucp mai alnd news.  This is TCP/IP
and is different. You buy a connection
and as long as you don't do anything to cause
it to cause your upstream provider to lose
money on your connection, your connection
stays in place.

Your arguments, while noble, applied to canrot
and seagull, would make the internet unusable.

Which, depending on the time of day, it is already.


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