Jim Choate Speaks Out on My Part of the Net (fwd)

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Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 20:07:57 -0800 From: Toto Subject: Jim Choate Speaks Out on My Part of the Net

Jim Choate wrote:

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If you really and truly believe that the net belongs to everyone and nobody has a right to limit or otherwise control the hardware and software along with the associated comm links they own and pay for then you obviously don't understand what is going on.

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For instance, since Toto pays for the hardware and software that comprises his part of the net, he is free to limit, control, and edit for content, anything that passes through his part of the net. Although I sometimes disagree with Toto because of my limited ability to understand things on a conceptual level, his rugged good looks, charm, and superior intelligence show that he should be allowed to control his own privately owned part of the net and anything that passes through it.

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Jim Choate CyberTects ravage@ssz.com

Jim, Thank you for your support in my efforts to exert supreme control over the part of the net that I have paid for. I am sure that you will continue to fight for the right of myself and the government of Singapore to use that control for whatever purpose they choose. As you can see above, I have enhanced your posting so that it more closely conforms to the beliefs that my paid-for part of the net was set up to espouse.

Are you aware that attributing statements in print to a party when that party did not write them is a crime? Jim Choate CyberTects ravage@ssz.com