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Titolo: M-I'5.Persecut ion ` p urpose in publicizi ng it ; censo rship in uk .* new sgroups

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The postings to. uk.misc newsgroup generated a very defensive reaction from
Usenet readers in the UK. So much so, that they. tried strenuously to
suppress what was. being said, both by breaking the rules of netiquette in
their responses on the. forum, and directly by action to revoke the account
from which. the postings were issued.
Yet the postings were within the. normal boundaries of behaviour for
uk.misc, and other less partisan spectators did not see. justice in the
censorship which was effected, as the following excerpt. shows;
:Karen. Lofstrom (
lofs...@lava.net
) wrote
:>It does seem that the frequency and the size of. his posts are
:>approaching net abuse.  However, IMHO, they aren't. quite there yet. If
:>his postmaster were to act in this instance,. it would raise troubling
:>censorship. issues.
The inescapable conclusion of. the censorship effected on the uk.*
newsgroups. is that the British are intent on their wrongdoing remaining
concealed, and therefore seek to subvert. and suppress freedom of speech,
not only in their own country where the media. shows xenophobic bias and
bile against all perceived enemies within and without,. but also in other
countries which have their own. statutes to guarantee the basic human right
of free. speech.
It is absolutely necessary to. bring their hate campaign out into the open
where it can be placed under scrutiny and the harassers. seen for what they
are. That is the only way of making it impossible for the security. services
to carry it out. There is a wider. dimension, though. Xenophobia as
demonstrated by British people and institutions over the last. few years
belongs to. the same stable as racial hatred. In one case, two youths on a
Tube train made that racism explicit by referring to their victim. as a
"soft toy, not up to British Standards". Doubtless. others victimize partly
on the basis of race (isn’t it odd that they chose to torment. someone who
is not ethnically English?) while expressing their abuse in terms. of
another genetic attribute, namely mental. illness. All xenophobia on a
genetic basis is wrong, but while. racial insults are illegal, abusing the
mentally ill is neither against the law. nor subject to similar condemnation
when. it is exposed.
5910

Paul, who came with wisdom and signs, says that he has
come neither with wisdom nor with signs; for he came to convert. But those
who come only to convince can say that they come with wisdom and with signs.
                           SECTION IX: PERPETUITY
589. On the fact that the Christian religion is not the only religion.--So
far is this from being a reason for believing that it is not the true one
that, on the contrary, it makes us see that it is so.
590. Men must be sincere in all religions; true heathens, true Jews, true
Christians.
591.                 J. C.
          Heathens | Mahomet
\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . /
Ignorance of God
592. The falseness of other religions.--They have no witnesses. Jews have.
God defies other religions to produce such signs: Isaiah 43:9; 44:8.
593. History of China.--I believe only the histories, whose witnesses got
themselves killed.
Which is the more credible of the two, Moses or China?
It is not a question of seeing this summarily. I tell you there is in it
something to blind, and something to enlighten.
By this one word I destroy all your reasoning. "But China obscures," say
you; and I answer, "China obscures, but there is clearness to be found; seek
it."
Thus all that you say makes for one of the views and not at all against the
other.
So this serves, and does no harm.
We must, then, see this in detail; we must put the papers on the table.
594. Against the history of China.--The historians of Mexico, the five suns,
of which the last is only eight hundred years old.
The difference between a book accepted by a nation and one which makes a
nation.
595. Mahomet was without authority. His reasons, then, should