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Submission for rec-music-gaffa

From: munnari!daemon@seismo.CSS.GOV (The Devil)
Date: 20 May 87 00:29:14 GMT
Subject: Submission for rec-music-gaffa
Responding-System: munnari.oz

Path: munnari!murdu!u3369429
From: u3369429@murdu.OZ (Michael Bednarek)
Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa
Subject: Re: (none)
Date: 20 May 87 00:28:05 GMT
References: <27348.8705191037@vd.rl.ac.uk>
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In article <27348.8705191037@vd.rl.ac.uk> Love-Hounds writes:
>Really-From: Neil Calton <nbc@vd.rl.ac.uk>
>
>>From: IED0DXM%UCLAMVS.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu
>>Subject: "No, I suppose not!"
>
>>The issue we face here is whether that is something to be
>>"regulated" or not. In IED's opinion, there should be ABSOLUTELY
>>NO censorship of ANYONE'S writing OF ANY KIND, NO MATTER HOW
>>"OFFENSIVE". There is no reason on earth strong enough for suppressing
>>anyone's verbal communication. 
>
>Does this mean that we should give free reign to the likes of nazis, the
>KKK, paedophiles et cetera?
>                         How must Asians in the East End of London feel about
>having excrement shoved through their letter boxes and petrol bombs thrown
>into their bedrooms by National Front supporters and then seeing the NF's
>papers and pamphlets being sold in their local markets. It is not so easy
>to be liberal when you dare not let your children out on the streets for fear
>of them being stabbed to death because of the colour of their skin.

Please read Andrew's article again. And try to understand what he writes.
The key words to look for are: write, verbal communication.