Speaking only for myself, I don't care.
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> The postings to uk.misc newsgroup generated a. very defensive reaction
> from
> Usenet readers in the UK. So much so, that they tried strenuously. to
> suppress. what was being said, both by breaking the rules of netiquette
in
> their responses on the forum, and. directly by action to revoke the
> account
> from which the. postings were issued.
>
> Yet the postings were. within the normal boundaries of behaviour for
> uk.misc, and other. less partisan spectators did not see justice in the
> censor****p which was effected, as the. following excerpt shows;
>
> :Karen. Lofstrom (lofstrom@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote
> :>It does seem that. the frequency and the size of his posts are
> :>approaching net abuse. However, IMHO, they. aren't quite there yet.
If
> :>his postmaster were to act in this instance, it. would raise troubling
> :>censor****p. issues.
>
> The inescapable conclusion of the. censor****p effected on the uk.*
> newsgroups is that the British are intent on their. wrongdoing remaining
> concealed, and therefore seek. to subvert and suppress freedom of
speech,
> not only in their own country where. the media shows xenophobic bias and
> bile against. all perceived enemies within and without, but also in
other
> countries which have. their own statutes to guarantee the basic human
> right
> of free. speech.
>
> It is absolutely necessary to bring their hate campaign out into. the
open
> where it can be placed under scrutiny and the harassers seen for what.
> they
> are. That is the only. way of making it impossible for the security
> services
> to carry it. out. There is a wider dimension, though. Xenophobia as
> demonstrated by British people and. institutions over the last few years
> belongs to the same stable as racial hatred. In one case, two. youths on
a
> Tube. train made that racism explicit by referring to their victim as a
> "soft toy, not up to British Standards". Doubtless others victimize.
> partly
> on the basis of race. (isn't it odd that they chose to torment someone
who
> is not ethnically English?) while expressing their abuse. in terms of
> another genetic attribute, namely mental illness. All xenophobia on. a
> genetic. basis is wrong, but while racial insults are illegal, abusing
the
> mentally ill is neither against the law nor subject. to similar
> condemnation
> when. it is exposed.
>
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