Re: Censuring CensorsSun Dec 7 14:50:40 PST 1997

[kob1@ix.netcom.com (Kevin B. O'Brien)]

On Tue, 28 May 1996 12:36:58 -0500, maiullo@tms.attmail.com (Gary
Maiullo) wrote:

>Cousin Kevin, re:
>
>>>> Yes, the level of hypocrisy around here is absolutely astonishing. Has
>anyone else noticed that our most stalwart defender of free speech, Gary, has
>not said a single word about this?
>
>        First of all, that's "gary", with a lower-case "g".

   Sorry. As you can see above, your software identifies you as "Gary
Maiullo", and that seems to have stuck in my head. I will try to be
more careful in the future.
        
>        Secondly, what the hell are you calling me a hypocrite for? 

   I regret that the conflation of two sentences led you to read
something that I had not intended to be there. Had I wanted to call
you a hypocrite, I would have done so directly. All I was wondering
about is why you had not commented on an issue that heretofore had
drawn your most passionate posts.

   The hypocrisy I referred to is that some people who have in the
past defended free speech and suggested that anyone who didn't like
what they read could use the delete key, had now turned around and
attempted to justify trying to get someone fired from their job over
inappropriate e-mails. Since you had not, to my knowledge, defended
this practice, I could not have any reason to accuse you of hypocrisy.

   I hope this clarifies my intentions.


Kevin B. O'Brien
kob1@ix.netcom.com
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and
the intelligent are full of doubt." Bertrand Russell