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>From: trivedi@rabi.uchicago.edu (Anil Trivedi)
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Subject: Re: An apology to Mr. Krishnaprased (was re: Gode
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In article <1992Apr25.182430.5686@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com> petersow@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Wayne Peterson) writes:

>All these attacks on Mr Zeleny, followed by attempts to create
>rules on what is and is not acceptable...  I once had a Mr Johnson 
>tell me to not make what he considered snide remarks...
>That is the problem isnt it.  Let us impose
>our will on others so that we can hear what we want to hear.  

Could it be that you interpret "freedom of speech" to cover your speech
but not of those who disapprove of you?

>I personally appreciate Mr Zeleny for his willingness to take risk,
>althought frankly I dont understand much of what he says.

I personally appreciate Saddam Hussein's even grander tendency to take
"risks", althought frankly I dont understand why he does things that way.
Has it occured to you that when you take risk, it may bring you more
than "appreciation": sometimes that risk just might materialize.

>   If I dont like some things ... I just ignore them.  

That is your judgement. But remember the common wisdom that crime is
increasing in our society since no one wants to "become involved"!
Personally, I would ignore a person's opinions that I find objectionable,
but not his unjustified attack on an innocent person.
Here, it wasn't even a question of someone losing temper in the middle
of a sharp argument: Mr Krishnaprasad had not said A WORD to Mr Zeleny.
NOT ONE SINGLE WORD.

>If this is to be a free forum we must tolerate all opinions and move on.

I will tolerate opinions. But if I see someone being attacked, I most
certainly will NOT just move on. (That is not to disagree with your
freedom to do as you see fit.)

>If censorship is allowed on this network...

We are free to do what we wish. However, if we play with fire, we might
get burnt. Those are different things.

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