At 11:21 AM 11/9/1996, Jim Choate wrote:

The real issue here is that folks on the net want the protection of the 1st Amendment but they don't want the responsibility that goes along with it. This list qualifies as a press. As a result it has a responsibility relating to what it distributes.

I don't find the word "responsibility" in the First Amendment. You and the courts may decide John has a responsibility to let other people use his computer, but the source of this idea is not the First Amendment. Peter Hendrickson ph@netcom.com