Benjamin McLemore says:
I must admit to a certain amount of amazement to the almost universal consensus I have seen in this forum regarding censoring Detweiler's (or whomever's) Usenet postings.
No one has proposed censoring his Usenet postings. What people have proposed is that they deny him the use of the remailers that they set up on their hardware. This is very different. Its the difference between saying "Detweiler can't live" and "Detweiler can't live IN MY LIVING ROOM". Its the difference between saying "I advocate the right of people to discuss any topic they want" and saying "I adovacate the right of people to discuss any topic they want IN MY BEDROOM AT FOUR AM WHILE I'M TRYING TO SLEEP." I am constantly suprised that this simple distinction is so hard for people to understand. I advocate, for instance, that Nazis should have free speech, but I would never hand them money to buy printing presses, nor would I patronize newsstands that carry their publications. Presumably this is "censorship" too. I see nothing wrong with remailer operators taking steps to prevent Detweiler from using their equipment against their will. This is not censorship. Mr. Detweiler is still free to use Usenet any way he sees fit. It is simply the act of saying "Mr. Detweiler can't use MY REMAILER any way he sees fit." Perry