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 Boycott espionage-enabled software! We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^756839 - 1 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."