On Mon, 9 May 94 Nick Laflamme <[log in to unmask]> said: > My whole point is exactly that there are no police and no common authority > in the Internet and in USENET. Therefore, trying to find an EARN document > or some other document to cite to "offenders" is pointless. I do not agree, Sir. If EARN board of chiefs has taken the care to write down some guidelines they should be considered by every one and a follow up discussed. > > Peer pressure produces netiquette, which is as close to rules as you can > get without authority. That is a kind of "arbitrary revolutionary justice" and has no legal grounds. Something to work must be legal and considered by the ones who know (the Seniors). > Corallary: you get what you pay for. On the Internet and USENET, you pay > for connectivity and even freedom, not for control. That is a conceptual way to accept the partial waste of an infrastucture which cost billions. Beyond any nationalistic bigotry I would like to suggest that Americans (from Canada to Argentina) take the concepts of "freedom and control" too far. If things will work, and if Internet/Bitnet will serve humanity, there must be some rules - which do not necessarily imply "control" in a political context whatsoever. Regards, APS (FISH-ECOLOGY). ----------------------------