Aihuxn.105 net.news utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!ihnss!ihuxn!djmolny Mon Dec 21 09:27:09 1981 Freedom of the Netwaves So far, I have heard people complain about various newsgroups on the basis that 1) they don't like what's in them, 2) their management wouldn't like what's in them, or 3) the people who pay for them wouldn't like what's in them. On the other side, people argue (or at least imply) that their rights to read controversial material are being infringed. Has it occurred to anyone that mechanisms exist to appease both sides? If a site doesn't-like/won't-pay-for/can't-have a certain newsgroup, they are perfectly free to not read it and not forward it. Anyone *can* buy pornagraphy... few do. If a site doesn't mind controversial material, they may continue to receive and forward it. If individual readers are bugged, let them unsubscribe! As with most other things in this country (and north of the border), everyone is free to do as they please. Let's keep it that way. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.