From: roy@cybrspc.mn.org (Roy M. Silvernail)
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 95 23:24:08 PST
To: lmccarth@ducie.cs.umass.edu (L. McCarthy)
Subject: Re: UMich student arrested for rape story
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In list.cypherpunks, L. Futplex McCarthy writes:

> It appears to me that people on the left are choosing (wrongly, IMHO) to 
> interpret a work of fiction as a threat, and proceed from there. I imagine
> that people on the right don't see the work of fiction as a threat to her, 
> but simply want to ban fictional works they dislike anyway.

Given the current "regulate the Internet" frenzy we're seeing almost
everywhere, couldn't this be an example of grabbing a scapegoat?  I see
this whole deal as opportunistic, especially since the alleged victim of
the "threat" appeared unaware that the "threat" had even been made.
- -- 
Roy M. Silvernail --  roy@cybrspc.mn.org
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