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In article <4r4bq3$dts@news.nstn.ca>, <deh@fox.nstn.ca> wrote: > >dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage) wrote: >>Stephen Boursy (boursy@world.std.com) wrote: >> >>> No decent provider would even dream of aliasing out a site--such >>>censorship is outrageous. > >>Censorship is where you cancel/block on the basis of content. It is not >>censorship fo block on the basis of volume. >> >>Blocking out a site is NOT censorship. A useful analogy is "you have a >>right to speak, but that doesn't mean I have to listen". > > >No as correction it should read "you have a right to speak, you do not >have a right to PREVENT others from listening, however you have a >right not to listen" Correct. However Mr. Bromage and associates feel, like Senator Exon, that they have a right to filter news for others-- including censoring all posts from a given site. >What is being done is plain and simple censorship of ALL from >earthlink. Punish everyone because Chris thinks so. He has been wrong >before by the way. Chris Lewis is a censor by nature--a liar and a forger with no regard the truth. By the way--I read many earthlink posts--this is only being done by a few small time owner occupied mickey mouse providers but it's the mindset that is disturbing. >This is unacceptable. If you don't wish to take SPAM that is one thing >to censor other innocent people who are unaware of the issues is not >right or fair. They have paid money to have access to the newsgroups. > Oh--it has nothing to do with their spam allegations--there are financial interests at work. A provider who wishes unfiltered news for their users should avoid UUNET feeds--AOL for example refuses UUNET feeds as they are censored. The amusing thing about a site the blocks all posts from panix.com or wherever is that they are injuring their own users--for example a user from the block site flames them--millions read it and the user on the site which is censoring has no opportunity to respond. Such a sys admin has shit for brains and belongs on fidonet. Steve news.admin.censorship