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Re: Rules



I support full names on the list.  I am uncomfortable with the idea of
censoring the archive.  I am also confused as to how archiving these posts
somehow makes FSR a "publisher".  

John and Laurie Danahy
jdanahy@turbonet.com

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> From: John Teeter <johnt@fsr.com>
> To: 'Joel Hamilton' <joelh@uidaho.edu>; vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: RE: Rules
> Date: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 4:31 PM
> 
> the archives could pose a problem anyway -- (potentiallly) libelous
statements can still
> be made by people who subscribe and attach their name to a piece of mail.
> 
> If it goes into the archive, then we (fsr) are the publisher of the
statement - implying implicit
> support of the statements made:(  So at some point, there still may be a
need to 
> (temporarily?) remove some items from the archive.  Is it censorship?  I
certainly don't
> want a big hammer to fall.....
> 
> johnt
> 
> On Tuesday, June 02, 1998 2:48 PM, Joel Hamilton [SMTP:joelh@uidaho.edu]
wrote:
> > 
> > I support the steering committees proposal.  
> > <snip>
> > .....by FSR, we may not have much choice.  I also agree with Dale, that
with the
> > subscription rule the archives may not be a problem.
> > 
> > Joel Hamilton




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