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Re: INFO : Artificial Justification for Info Group
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To: ghen@netcom.com
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Subject: Re: INFO : Artificial Justification for Info Group
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From: kstuart@mail.telis.org (Ken Stuart)
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Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 08:10:21 GMT
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In-Reply-To: <ghenDvJGEq.B24@netcom.com>
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References: <4skjuq$ab8@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <ghenDvE57I.Jrz@netcom.com> <ghenDvGu8E.Kv9@netcom.com> <ghenDvHME3.C4n@netcom.com> <ghenDvJGEq.B24@netcom.com>
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Reply-To: kstuart@mail.telis.org
Hello,
On Sat, 3 Aug 1996 01:35:14 GMT, vivek@cs.rice.edu (Vivek Sadananda
Pai) wrote in soc.religion.hindu:
>In article <ghenDvHME3.C4n@netcom.com>,
>Giri <gmadras@pinto.engr.ucdavis.edu> wrote:
>>>since that time, so it appears that sexually explicit web sites are
>>>OK, but any post which mentions sex is not. Don't you see why it's
>>>important to clarify such matters? If the goal of this newsgroup is to
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>> I agree that a policy regarding this is important. But you should
>>also be aware a moderator is not capable of visiting each site advertised
>>and reading it thoroughly to find there is any tantric material on the
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>I've never suggested that such a policy be implemented. In fact, my
>views lean toward the opposite end. Right now, we _don't_ have a clear
>policy on what gets banned for being "sexually explicit," and we have
>a loophole where the same information which gets banned can appear on
>web sites and be advertised on the group that way.
I agree that much more clarification is needed as to what is an
appropriate post and what is not.
However, I can't see where the web site aspect becomes significant.
If someone posts a message that consists entirely of:
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Subject: Please view my web site
Date: August 6, 1999 20:45
Hello,
Please view my web site at:
http://www.somecollege.edu/~fred/index.html
Fred
fred@somecollege.edu
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then that is clearly an off-topic post.
However, if the post is as follows:
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Subject: Please view my web site of Hindu deities
Date: August 6, 1999 20:45
Hello,
Please view my web site of Hindu deities at:
http://www.somecollege.edu/~fred/index.html
Fred
fred@somecollege.edu
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then that is an appropriate post.
IF it turns out that the web site only consist of nude centerfolds,
that is an unfortunate fraud, BUT it is not the moderator's job to
check every web site listed on every post just to make sure it is
legitimate (especially considering the number of people who list web
sites in their signatures).
Cheers,
Ken <*>
kstuart@mail.telis.org
"The Dow that can crash is not the eternal Dow." - Lao Stuart
