pcbutts1 wrote:
> Does the name PA Bear sound familiar? he pissed me off, his actions
> was the cost of your job. He tried to use his status as an MVP to
> ruin me, and my job and in the long run all he did was costs others
> theirs and really pissed off Chris Butts. I saw all his emails. This
> goes way beyond you. He thought I was some smuck loser with too much
> time on my hands. You can rest assured he won't mess with me again or
> NASA.
I do not want what I am about to write to be misconstrued, so I am going
to separate out the three issues as carefully as I can.
The first issue is that I firmly believe anyone has the *right* to say
any goddammed annoying, obnoxious, offensive thing that person feels
like saying, regardless of how goddammed annoying, obnoxious and
offensive that person and his words might happen to be. Even a
sociopath--that means you, Chris--is entitled to a voice.
If you take away the right of anyone to speak, you have endangered the
right of everyone to speak. It's that simple.
For most of my adult life, David Goldberger has been my hero, because he
understood and honored this concept even when it was personally
abhorrent to him. To me, the owner of DataBasix is the David Goldberger
of usenet, because he too understands and honors the same ideal,
regardless of his personal feelings. I subscribe to DataBasix, and so
long as it is in business, I will continue to do so, for that reason
alone.
The second issue is that just because I believe with my whole heart what
I wrote above, I also believe that there are words that should not be
spoken and that individuals have the obligation to police themselves in
this regard (as opposed to policing each other). You have a corner on
the market of such words, Chris, and I find you reprehensible.
With that said, the third and final issue, which is also the point, is
this: it's not for nothin' that you subscribe to DataBasix, Chris. As
long as you do not violate the DataBasix AUP, you know you can do
whatever the **** you feel like, and you are teflon, because Gary's
commitment to freedom of speech on usenet is unequivocal. The only
reason you're able to get away with the **** you spew is that your
provider remains true to an ideal that other providers have allowed to
erode in the name of convenience.
In other words, you can only talk your bull**** because you're protected
from the consequences (up to the point you violate the AUP, and then
you're protected from nothing), but that protection is not an
endorsement of you or your words, it's just the same generic protection
that anyone with a DataBasix account would receive. Your claims of dire
consequences to those who mess with you is nothing but lame bull****,
except to the extent that anyone who messes with you in a way that
constitutes abuse of the net will pay the price for it, because Gary
doesn't tolerate that any more than he tolerates a violation of his AUP.
--
Rhonda Lea Kirk
AUK Galactic Killfile, 15 May 2007
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.u...766545e259d53c
Winner, Golden Killfile, April 2007
Co-Office Holder, Ministry of Circle Jerks, April and May 2007
Member, Human O-Ring Society, March 2003
NCB#16 BJDS#2 INAC#77 PSLCK#1 SBG#1 A-29204
Some are tempted to think of life in cyberspace as insignificant,
as escape or meaningless diversion. It is not. Our experiences there
are serious play. We belittle them at our risk. Sherry Turkle


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