From: c23st@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Spiros Triantafyllopoulos)
Newsgroups: news.admin.policy
Subject: Re: Is it live, or is it Memorex?
Date: 23 Dec 92 16:48:53 GMT
Organization: Delco Electronics Corp.

In article <1ha2rnINNbd6@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> news@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (InterNet News) writes:

>  I am still trying to figure out what genocide has to do with news 
>administration policies.  

Genocide of groups like soc.culture.(greek turkish yugoslavia), talk.
politics.(mideast soviet), soc.history... In all these groups, Mutlu
accounts for 50-75 % of volume, and if you count followups, up to 90%.

>I did notice that the quotes have been
>reasonably accurate, 

Mutlu's own sources have claimed that he is wrong. Prof. McCarthy in
particular, and others as well. A classic example of selective quoting
is Mutlu's work with Rawlinson's book, as indicated last summer by
a fellow netter. Quote editing and manipulation are quite usual for him.

>but no permission to copy has been given to
>quote these major passages.  At least one of the documents being quoted
>includes the statement "No part of this work may be reproduced in any way
>without permission of ...".  Does this mean that he is violating copyright
>laws and the Berne Convention, and therefore using the net for illegal 
>acts?

Yet the same Hasan B Mutlu, the pride of AT&T of chicago, Il. slandered
people as 'criminals' when they obtained a GIF picture of him posted in
an IEEE magazine article (he's an accomplished author in the field of
data communications and networking). His complaint was about them
violating IEEE's copyright.

>  In his defense, he has a right (in the U.S.) to say the things he is saying.

As long as he pays for it. We misunderstand Free Speech to mean we can
say anything. I would have no problem with Mutlu sitting on the fountain
in Major Daley Square in Chicago while he shouts his stuff to passers-by.
It's his time and no money is involved).

I would have no trouble if he sends letters to the editor to all newspapers
in the world, presenting his viewpoints.

But he pays a few dollars a month to UUNET for a one direction only news
feed. Not that UUNET would ever release connection times with 
anatolia.mn.org (Hi, Ahmet!) but I'd bet it's POST-ONLY. So, for a few
dollars a week out of pocket cost to him he gets 2 1/2 million readers.
Pretty bloody economical, wouldn'nt you say? 

Mutlu's actual cost to the net is not much; compare his volume to one
post in comp.binaries and he's minor league. But the precedent he
sets, namely, that USENET is too slow or too unwilling to respond to
even MAJOR abusers is extremely scary.

>I just wish that he understood that his methods have alienated a great many
>people who still feel that what is going on in Eastern Europe is horrific. 

Only the Mutlu Newbies (tm). Us experienced Mutluers know better :-)

>People that feel very deeply that what is going on is wrong and should be
>stopped, and are trying through the PROPER CHANNELS.  I don't really think
>that news.admin.policy is the correct place.

Ah, proper channels. For months Argic/Mutlu posted maybe 10 messages a day
about Greeks of 1500 years ago abusing Jews (while both were under the 
Roman Empire :-)). None of the messages was ever posted in soc.culture.
jewish, but many were posted in soc.culture.german/australia/yugoslavia/
bulgaria...

>  Sergar, please talk to the U.N.  They are waffleing on whether to do 
>anything about the internal affairs of your country.  

BZZZZZZZZZZZZT. Serdar Argic does not exist. Hasan B Mutlu, his real name,
is Turkish. If he was anythwhere near interested in what is happening in
the region he'd post a constructive comment once in a while.

>Make them see your 
>point, and make them do something about it.  

His only point is to slander any previous 'Ottoman Empire Subject', i.e
Armenians, Greeks, Cypriots, Eastern Europeans, etc.

>I don't want to add you to my
>kill file, but I may have to if you don't stick the the charter of this group.

I don't think he cares...

>Dave Burgess

By the way, I have been following Mutlu's accomplishments for a few years
now. He is not likely to stop, and, for better or worse, UUNET is not
likely to drop him. So, those of you (us) who find him entertaining hang
in there (ever since he became Argic he became much less funny). Those
of you who hate him use a kill file or learn to live with him.

Kind of like the USENET version of herpes.

Regards,

Spiros Triantafyllopoulos
USENET self appointed expert on Hasan Mutlu/Serdar Argic (send email for FAQ).
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