> FYI, auction notices are prohibited by the charter of this newsgroup.
>>FYI, auction notices are prohibited by the charter of this newsgroup.
>
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> And the only person who cares about your precious "newsgroup charter" is
> YOU.
"The alt hierarchy enables the Usenet community to exercise complete
freedom of speech.
The issue of free speech and the Usenet have been intertwined from its
creation in 1980 since the newsgroups were carried by a wide variety of
military, academic, and corporate sites, each with their own usage
policies. Like the development of mulitple IRC networks, the
establishment of the "alt" category established a right to freedom of
expression as a reaction against over-control at the center."
-Brian Reed, founder of the usenet alt.* hierarchy

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Elmo P. Shagnasty - 07 Sep 2005 18:15 GMT
> > Navas, give it up. Nobody cares about your precious "newsgroup
> > charter". Times have changed, things have moved on, and whatever you
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> -Brian Reed, founder of the usenet alt.* hierarchy
And yet Navas holds on to the fiction that he owns and runs this
newsgroup.
Isaiah Beard - 09 Sep 2005 01:42 GMT
>>"The alt hierarchy enables the Usenet community to exercise complete
>>freedom of speech.
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> And yet Navas holds on to the fiction that he owns and runs this
> newsgroup.
Well, if he wants moderation, he'd do best to write up a charter for a
newsgroup in one of the other hierarchies that permits a greater degree
of control over what is said and what isn't. Of course, when he does
that, I'll be happy to stay put, right here. :)

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