Subject: Troll / April !st/ lit. ref. [was: Re: I'm sorry to see it come to this.]
From: "L.D. Meyer" <darklite@west.net>
Date: 4/7/1997, 6:37 PM
To:

I agree with Hitomi, Gary, Stormwalker, Josh, et. al. on this. Censorship
is wrong, just ignore the inurbane Troller.

And I do believe he was trolling : 
1st : It was posted around or on April 1st.
2nd : Isn't "Catkiller" a literary reference for a hunter that found his
prey by tricking them to react?
3rd : Who would be foolish enough to send this guy their name & address in
order to "report" an anime fan. 

Cloudshape
PS : Yes they were nice graphics, I wish I had grabbed them.
PPS : Yes, I have been fooled by Trolls in the past. Ouch!

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From: Josh <Michael@fiber-net.com>
To: fanfic@fanfic.com
Subject: Re: I'm sorry to see it come to this.
Date: Wednesday, February 06, 2036 11:52 PM

I for one stand besides both Hitomi and Gary Kleppe in saying that any
censorship is wrong.  Each person has their own right to write as they
see
fit.  Is it for us to judge a man's writings purely based on our own
opinions then damn him based on them?  How can we stand here, telling
each
other to  censor a work of writing when we are writers ourselves.  If our
brand of writing was considered wrong (and it may well be) would you be
willing to stop?
I know that I for one will not stand for an even simple beggining to
censorship.  It is warned by the geratest writers around the world that
if
you control what people read, you control how they think.  
Writing/reading
is one of the greatest and most powerful tools against oppression, and
were
it to be oppressed ... may the lord have mercy upon our souls.
It starts with a thought, then a step, and ends in a full blown war. 
What
seems simple enough cannot be farther from it.  I ask all those in the
FFML,
to wisely consider this next time before saying something of the like
again.
I value opinions, even of censorship, because that is what keeps us free.
There is a simple book written called "Fahrenheit 451" which deals with
the
same subject, and it is currently in the process of being censored by
several states.  An educated man is dangereous to tyranny because he
knows
how to choose.  I fyou take away those choices, then what is left to stop
tyranny?

                                                                       
Josh