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Re: Terms and Conditions Question
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 3 May 1999 20:37:22 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley) writes:
> > Richard Franks <richard@__no_spam_please_im_veggie__spider.com> wrote:
> > > > that you do not:
> > > > 5. Post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous,
> > > > defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, or indecent
> > > > information of any kind, including without limitation any
> > > > transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would
> > > > constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or
> > > > otherwise violate any local, state, national, or international
> > > > law.
> > >
> > > There isn't a mention of any racist or sexist (eg homophobic)
> > > limitations. Like everything else, the chances of any of this arising
> > > remain small, but does anyone else think they deserve a specific
> > > mention?
[snip]
> I think they'd fall under abusive. But mentioning them explicitly might be
> a good idea.
[snip]
> --Todd
I think "abusive, ... defamatory, ... profane, or indecent" covers it very
well without bringing direct attention to "Racist" or "Sexist". I fully
understand the intent, but I would be astonished to find discriminatory
postings around here. Even on RTL, that lucious newsgroup of auctions, spam
and flame wars, I was never abused because of my sexual orientation. Far from
it.
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| (...) We have plenty of other reasons to abuse you, no need to worry on that score. :-) Seriously, I think more general statements are better. In line with my Libertarian philosophy, I tend not to favor specific prohibitions of things that common (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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