Date: 	Mon, 2 Dec 1996 15:13:43 -1000
From: D Scott Woods <woodsd-AT-hawaii.edu>
Subject: Re: Never Again...


I vote 'yes' . Freedom of speech, no matter how disgusting the speech may 
be, is the most important - especially in cyberspace! say NO to
censorship.

On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, Janet Dalgliesh wrote:

> Hi everyone
> 
> At the risk of getting well and truly flamed, I feel strongly enough to
> forward this to y'all.  Hope you don't mind.
> 
> 
> >The following just arrived in my in-box, and I'm forwarding it to as many
> >people as I feel are appropriate from my address book. Thanks.
> >
> >************************
> >
> >A group of NEO-NAZIS are trying to form a newsgroup on Usenet called
> >"rec.music.white-power", so that they can get  their message of hate out
> >to young people using the Internet.  Newsgroups are public discussions on
> >the Internet and their  formation requires enough support from the
> >Internet community.
> >
> >EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US HAS ONE VOTE when it comes to creating a new
> >Usenet  group.  I hope you will vote NO and  thereby tell these NAZIS we
> >don't want their stuff on the net.  Below is the procedure, please repost
> >this plea and get the NO  vote out.  If you want to see the official call
> >for votes, you can  try on "news.group".      DO NOT VOTE TWICE - that
> >would constitute voting fraud.
> >
> >HOW TO VOTE:  Send e-mail (posts to newsgroups are invalid) to:
> >
> >music-vote-AT-sub-rosa.com
> >
> >This is an impartial, third party vote taker.  Please check the address
> >before you mail your vote. Your  mail message,  to be accepted by the
> >counting computer,  must  contain only the following statement with no
> >signature:
> >
> >I vote NO on  rec.music.white-power
> >
> >Vote counting is automated.  Failure to follow these  directions may mean
> >that your vote does not get counted.  If you do not  receive an
> >acknowledgment of your vote within three days contact the  votetaker
> >about the problem.  It's your responsibility to make sure your vote  is
> >registered correctly.
> >
> >Here's what Canada's George Burdi, of the neo-Nazi Heritage  Front, had
> >to say about this vote, on February 21, on his  RESISTANCE mailing list:
> >"There is a call for votes coming on  rec.music.white-power in the next
> >week or so, and you will be notified in a  special issue of RREN exactly
> >what to do.  FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE  LETTER.  Let me be perfectly
> >blunt and state that we have more than enough  net-nazis to win this
> >thing handsdown. But every one of you must vote YES!   And just voting
> >yes means othing unless you do it properly.  So you have    been
> >forewarned.  The instructions are coming to your email  box soon, and
> >they are not complicated.  Just follow them as told, and we will have a
> >WP  music newsgroup finally!"
> >
> >If Mr. Burdi's confidence disturbs you, please give this letter  the
> >widest possible distribution, and help us deliver the  largest NO vote in
> >the history of the UseNet.
> >
> 
> **************************************************
> Janet Dalgliesh and Hugh Simpson
> 
> jdalhsim-AT-netspace.net.au
> 
> "Poverty is the greatest violence"
> Mahatma Ghandi
> 
> 
> 
> 
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