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Reply To: | The philosophy, work & influences of Noam Chomsky |
Date: | 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.
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> On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Sueko Sakai wrote:
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> > 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.
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> To test ANY limit, you must know the rules (limits).
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> "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:
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> > Ms. Sueko Sakai:
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> > 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?
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> If your message was UNSOLICITED mail, then you have a problem.
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> > 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.
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> This is where you have to know the rules/limits.
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> > 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.
>
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> 2) Was the list for disabled persons only?
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> 3) Are you a disabled person?
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> 4) If, not why were you on that list?
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> 5) Was the message you sent "on topic" or supporting a current discussion?
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