Hello Elvis!
Saturday August 16 1997, Elvis Hargrove writes to Richard Brice:
 ->> A person can understand why  it is necessary to have some control
 ->> over obscene language after seeing what has happened on this BBs.
 EH> Aint it the truth Richard.  Demostrates vividly why the FLAME echo was
 EH> removed from North American Backbone distribution.  Can you IMAGINE the
 EH> FidoSpine group is PROUD of themselves for continuing the distribution
 EH> of such filth?  Our rights to free speech notwithstanding, this has
 EH> demonstrated to many that with the rights go responsibilities.
Actually I disagree with you here, despite being on the receiving end of a 
lot of this nonsense.  The problem is not the filth and anarchy that is 
FLAME, but the fact that some cretin decided to disturb this echo with it.  
Free speech dictates that they be allowed to carry on in the manner they do 
as long as they don't disturb others.  No one is compelled to read FLAME, if 
you choose to do so you accept that you are going to see a lot of insults and 
profanity.  I'll bet those in here who've served in the military (myself 
included) have seen and heard a lot worse.  If the individual(s) rsponsible 
are ever tracked down they should be dealt with harshly, bye bye node number 
and told never to return. However if the inhabitants of FLAME get some sort 
of enjoyment out of that echo then they should be allowed to as long as they 
don;t disturb the rest of us. At least it keeps them out of here.
From what we've seen of the FidoSpine group over here they're to be 
congratulated in preventing the complete take over of the net by Bodger and 
his cronies.  They even went so far as to try to take over the backbones in 
other zones.
Bye for now,
          Jackson
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