system: You are Bill Barnett, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Inter. Cooking message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All Callers about "TROUBLE 2 of 3".

They wrote:
-> THE WORLD CAN, AT ANY TIME, HAVE ALL EQUIPMENT CONFISCATED ON THE
-> WHIM OF SOME WEENIE INVESTIGATOR OR JEALOUS SYSOP OR EVEN AN IRATE
-> PARENT!  THINK ABOUT IT!
-> THE IMPROV BBS and its sysop, Joyce Kohl, will continue to support
-> Lorne, believe in Lorne's innocence, and though I personally
-> disapprove of adult files and areas on bbses, I will fight for the
-> ==legal== rights of others in any way I can.  This is not just an
-> issue for sysops - it's an issue for each and every user of a bbs who
-> has ever uploaded or downloaded a file!!!!
-> Bottom Line:  THE IMPROV BBS will make some drastic changes.  Why?
-> Because I believe it's only a matter of time until the same idiots
-> who are trying to ruin Lorne's reputation and to force The Wish Book
-> into near oblivion will be investigating other bbses for any minor or
-> major infringement of the way s/he interprets laws. Therefore,
->
->     Uploads will be allowed ONLY BY KNOWN users with proof of ID!!!
->     File directories will be trimmed to ensure "safe" files online.
->
-> In short:  THE IMPROV will have no questionable files, no
-> violent-type         games (in fact, games will be mostly for
-> children), and nothing
->          but recipes, crafts, educational, and hobby related files.
->
->          Concentration will be on Kook-Net. Intelec and TowerNet
-> conferences
->          will be cut to only those that are non-controversial.  That
-> is,
->          conferences such as politics, religion, and games that might
-> be
->          considered to be violent (such as Doom, etc) will be
-> discontinued.
->
-> Worse Case Scenario:  BBSes will go offline to prevent the unlawful
-> seizure         of equipment due to some person or persons finding a
-> loophole for
->          which to bring charges upon a bbs and its sysop because of a
->          personal belief, opinion, or jealousy.
->
-> IT IS MORE AND MORE APPARENT THAT ABOUT 1% OF THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
-> BE DICTATING TO 99% OF THE PEOPLE. THESE 1% HAVE MANAGED TO
-> INTIMIDATE MANY SYSOPS INTO TAKING THEIR BBSES OFFLINE AND ARE
-> CAUSING OTHERS TO JUMP EVERY TIME THE DOORBELL RINGS.
->
->             Me?  I don't open my door to strangers!
->     If I think it's "my turn," I'm prepared to type FORMAT C:
->
->          And, I'm not afraid to STAND UP AND BE COUNTED!
->
-> ADDENDUM:
->
-> For those of you who still insist The Wish Book was a money-making
-> venture and that Lorne made lots of money @ $50 a year for over 4000
-> users, I submit to you the following:
->
-> The subscribers did NOT total 4000. If they did, Lorne could have
-> QUIT his job with DPS!
->
-> Assume there were 1000 subscribers...@$50 a year times 1000 =
-> $50,000. Sounds like a living wage, huh? Remember that The Wish Book
-> started out in 1988 with only ONE user...and NO $$$ coming in to pay
-> the bills. How many years does it take for a bbs to be paying for
-> itself?  About 10 years on subscriptions. Many subscribers do NOT
-> renew!!!!  And, consider these expenses:

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