Frank Vest wrote in a message to Thom LaCosta:


 TL> Not to diminish the importance of Fidonews, but I'm getting real
 TL> curious now. If Fidonews is copywritten by the editor, and the editor
 TL> picks his/her
 TL> replacement, and the sysops don't have any say in who is the Fidonews
 TL> Editor, why even have Fidonews mentioned in Policy 4 at all?

 TL> What control does Fidonet exercise over the editor to insure that the
 TL> content facilitates any of the above?

 FV> This is just my opinion:

 FV> The Fidonews is to Fidonet what other newspapers are to nations,
 FV> countries and/or governments. Would you have your newspaper
 FV> controlled by your government? :-)

Great answer....I wouldn't want my newspaper controlled by any level of
government...and strangely enough, unlike Fidonet, my newspaper is not
mentioned or sanctioned in my state or national constitution.

My newspaper is free to locate at any addreess and citizens(members) are
free to comminicate with the newspaper at any address.


cya,
thom
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