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William Meecham <[log in to unmask]>
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The philosophy, work & influences of Noam Chomsky
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Mon, 19 Jul 1999 13:05:03 -0700
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The below is a thinly vieled censor act  Evidently if several
people object to a post, it is ipso facto subject to censorship.
wcm.
>
> On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Sueko Sakai wrote:
>
> > i've received the following e-mail from the dean carroll of my school and
> > would appreciate it if some of you would react to it etc.
> >
> > to those of you who've been reading my stuff, i want you to know that part
> > of my cybsp activism was to test the limits of free speech.
>
> There's your first problem.
>
> To test ANY limit, you must know the rules (limits).
>
> "To test the limits of free speech" without a functional purpose is a
>  questionable action.
>
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>
>
> > > > On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, John Carroll wrote:
> >
> >  Ms. Sueko Sakai:
> >
> >  I have received today several complaints about remarks you sent using
> >  your University email account to subscribers of a listserv for people
> >  interested in learning disabilities.  In one case you made reference to the
> >  extermination of six million Jews.  People who received this message found
> >  the remark to be offensive, even racist.
>
> 1) The message you send out, was it to KNOWN persons who you have had
>    prior contact?
>
> If your message was UNSOLICITED mail, then you have a problem.
>
> > I have two major concerns:  1) Your University email account allows you
> > access to a valued and powerful resource.  You are expected to use this
> > resources in compliance with all college policies and procedures, including
> > the college's Student Conduct Code, which prohibits misuse of University
> > resources.
>
> This is where you have to know the rules/limits.
>
> >  2) You present yourself to the college and others as a disabled
> >  person.  You have yet to provide the college the documentation needed
> >  for the college to confirm your disability and provide appropriate
> >  accommodation.  As I pointed out to you last year, you must do this in
> >  spite of any action UH Manao may have taken to provide accommodations
> >  for a  disability.
>
>
> 2) Was the list for disabled persons only?
>
> 3) Are you a disabled person?
>
> 4) If, not why were you on that list?
>
> 5) Was the message you sent "on topic" or supporting a current discussion?
>
>
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