From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 11:20:18 +0800
To: freedom-knights@jetcafe.org
Subject: Dishonorable ISPs censoring Usenet
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Anonymous <anon@anon.efga.org> writes:

> >> (Many people here probably remember Fred Cherry - Panix pulled his
> >plug for
> >> "homophobia".)
> >I wish you could be a little more specific.
> >Harrashing email and excessive cross-posting in violation of each
> >UseNet
> >group charter is not
> >censorship.
>
> If ISP's censored flames (harrasments, whatever) then we might as well call e

ISPs that pull users' plugs for "spamming" (which Chris Lewis et al define
as exsessive or inappropriate cross-posting or content) are obviously
engaging in content censorship.  Any ISP that how an "acceptable use policy"
that mentions "spam" in disparaging terms is full of shit and should be
boytcotted, blacklisted, and DOSed out ob business.

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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps