From: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 07:46:25 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: "This post is G-Rated"
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At 11:33 PM 1/25/96, Mike McNally wrote:
>Bill Frantz writes:

> > and whole newsgroups.
>
>Since nobody "owns" newsgroups, and nobody controls what's posted to
>them, I don't see how that's possible at all.

I agree. When I was replying to Bill Frantz's points, I neglected to
comment on this point.

Suppose "alt.fan.barney" is rated G, by "someone." Since I can post stuff
with strong language, and worse, to alt.fan.barney, is it still rated G, or
was my stuff blocked?

When the Germans told MeinKampfuServe to block 200+ newsgroups (well, it's
clear that some BavarianKops showed MKS a list of groups that they thought
needed to be pulled, and MKS obliged them), a bunch of folks started
copying soc.culture.german on some highly explicit stuff normally found in
alt.sex.*. No word yet on whether soc.culture.german is now banned in
Germany.

--Tim May

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