BK>>  Remember, echos are private property.

 RC> How so, it isnt a tangible piece of matter, it is a
 RC> collection of binary and ascii data on the systems that

 How could you be in Fido very long and not know that?

 RC> transport it, I dont recall you being in that equation. I
 RC> dont see your name in the nodelist, how can you own
 RC> something in a network you are not a member of?

 Easy. Go back and study your Fido history. Seems you are the
 only one here who doesn't understand that.

 RC> Technically your echo is owned by the sysops who have
 RC> agreed to transport it or carry it, we just let you ru(i)n
 RC> it.

 No, it is not. No more than a radio or TV station owns the
 program it carries.

 RC> Oh wait, you are on of them Dems, you think you own
 RC> everyone elses stuff.

 If you understand ownership that poorly, well... that explains a
 lot.

 BK>>  I recall one person being banned for anything but personal
 BK>>  attacks. If you can't deal with that you have a problem.

 BK>>  That one person insisted on using his echo to try to control the
 BK>>  moderation of my echo. That's how I see it.

 RC> Unfortunately the way you see things can be skewed.

 I feel the same way about how you see things. The great failing
 of the right is the inability to accept that others have the
 right to see things in ways they consider skewed.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

... JM> ... Always use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.
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