>Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 21:55:56 -0500 (CDT) >Reply-To: bigred@duracef.shout.net >Sender: owner-CN-L@cornell.edu >From: Brian Redman <bigred@duracef.shout.net> >To: Conspiracy Nation <CN-L@cornell.edu> >Subject: Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 9 Num. 09 >X-PH: V4.1@cornell.edu (Cornell Modified) >X-Listprocessor-Version: 7.2(a) -- ListProcessor by CREN > >The following is brought to you thanks, in part, to the kind >assistance of CyberNews and the fine folks at Cornell University. > > > Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 9 Num. 09 > ====================================== > ("Quid coniuratio est?") > > >----------------------------------------------------------------- > >PRAIRIENET "FREE NET" MOVES TO SQUELCH DISSENT >============================================== > >Although burning with anger at the moment, I will try to calmly >explain bullying tactics used and apparently in the works against >this alternative news outlet by a person or persons at this time >unknown to me who go by the alias of "The Prairienet Systems >Staff." > >This entity, "The Prairienet Systems Staff," has denied me due >process by (a) receiving an allegation that I have "spammed" >someone, i.e., apparently meaning I have sent an unsolicited >e-mail message or messages to an Internet user, then (b) finding >me guilty of the charge, without EVER bothering to hear my side >of the allegation, and finally (c) issuing a ruling that if it >happens one more time, my account can be cancelled. > >If my Prairienet account is cancelled, this will (a) greatly >limit this news service's ability to disseminate controversial, >alternative information and (b) presumably also mean that news >archives compiled by this alternative news service and made >available as a public and patriotic service, and at no charge, >will no longer be available. Specifically, it can be seen that >the cancellation of my Prairienet account will likely also >eliminate the public archives at the "Citizens Committee to Clean >Up the Courts" site ("go citcom") on Prairienet. > >Also suffering due to this possible arrogant outrage being >apparently planned by a person or persons unknown at this time >and operating under the alias "The Prairienet Systems Staff" >would be Mr. Sherman Skolnick, Chairman and Founder of "The >Citizen's Committee to Clean Up the Courts." Mr. Skolnick is a >well-known investigator, operating in the public interest for >three decades, whose work is widely read worldwide. The great >majority of material to be found at the "Citizen's Committee to >Clean Up the Courts" archive on Prairienet is by Mr. Skolnick. >Thus, Mr. Skolnick would also be injured by possible censorship >being secretly planned by a person or persons using the alias of >"The Prairienet Systems Staff," and acting under the disguise of >preventing alleged "spamming." > >Said "spamming" allegations are strongly denied by this editor. >I never send unsolicited e-mail. What is more, I have not >conducted mass mailings from the Prairienet account for several >months, at least. What is more, all those on the Conspiracy >Nation mailing list, which is sent from a different Internet >account and not from the Prairienet account, are on that list >because they themselves have signed onto it. It is never this >editor's policy to subscribe persons himself; all such requests >receive the standard response that the user himself must >subscribe. Furthermore, any user is free to cancel their >subscription at any time. > >Speculation on the part of this editor leads him to believe that >the Prairienet "Free Net" system, a non-profit entity supported >in part by corporate monies, in part by user donations, and >presumably also receiving federal and/or state monies, may be >under some pressure to pull the plug on the "Citizen's Committee >to Clean Up the Courts" archives on Prairienet. It is well-known >that Prairienet lacks funding. It is not impossible that certain >corporate and business entities, as well as certain narrow-minded >citizens, are using the hint or threat of cutbacks in funding by >them as a means to silence this independent news outlet. So too, >Illinois government officials and agencies, as well as federal >government officials and agencies, who are critically scrutinized >by this news outlet, have it in their power to use hints or >threats of decreased funding to attempt to silence dissent. >Furthermore, the very unknown person or persons operating under >the alias of "The Prairienet Systems Staff" may themselves wish >to silence me by using false, trumped-up charges as an excuse to >shut down points of view they do not like. > >See below for additional information. Note especially that if >the entity calling itself "The Prairienet Systems Staff" had >carefully checked, they could have seen that the supposed >"spamming" had as its destination two NEWSGROUPS, "alt.activism," >and "alt.conspiracy," and not any individual's e-mail account. > > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > >On Sun, 8 Sep 1996, Prairienet System Administrators wrote: > >> Just a reminder that sending unsolicited mass e-mail is explicitly in >> violation of Prairienet's Acceptable Use Policy. Any further complaints >> against this account may result in its suspension. >> >> -- The Prairienet Systems Staff > >> Date: Sat, 7 Sep 1996 23:31:30 -0700 (PDT) >> From: Micheal XXXXX <xxxxx@x.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> >> To: Brian Redman <bigxc@prairienet.org>, xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, >> xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx >> Subject: Re: Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 9 Num. 07 >> In-Reply-To: <50t0jm$e36@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> >> Message-Id: <Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Mime-Version: 1.0 >> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII >> >> >> What a coincidence. This is re-sent by the same address that just dumped >> over a dozen spam messages into my email boxes. And at the same time as >> well. And to the same people as well. >> >> Thank you for using Aexia On-Line's E-Mail Archiving Service. By sending >> unsolicited E-Mail to this address, you have agreed to the terms of this >> agreement as listed on my webpage: >> http://weber.u.washington.edu/~aexia/license.txt >> >> Currently, the rate is two hundred dollars($200) per 5K per month, >> pro-rated. The minimum storage time is one month. Send payment to: >> >> Micheal Keane >> 5819 St. Andrew's Drive >> Mukilteo, WA 98275 >> >> Any unsolicited mail sent to that address will be archived in Aexia >> On-Line's Junk Mail Archiving Service and will require payment. Failure to >> send payment within 20 days will result in legal penalties. >> >> Thanks you for using Aexia On-Line. >> >> >> On 7 Sep 1996, Brian Redman wrote: >> >> > Date: 7 Sep 1996 23:31:02 GMT >> > From: Brian Redman <bigxc@prairienet.org> >> > Subject: Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 9 Num. 07 > >> > Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy,alt.activism > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >> > Resent-Date: Sat, 7 Sep 1996 22:33:56 -0500 (CDT) > >> > Resent-From: Aardvark <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> >> > Resent-To: 1 <xxxxx@x.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, xxxxx@xx.xxx, xxx@xxxxxx.xxx, >> > xxxxxx@x.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx, xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx, >> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx, xxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xxx, xxxx@xxxx.xxx, >> > xxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx, xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx, xxx@xxxxxx.xxx, >> > xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxxxx.xxx, xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx, xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx >> > >> > >> > >> > Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 9 Num. 07 >> > ====================================== >> > ("Quid coniuratio est?") >> > >> > > >[...] > > >----------------------------------------------------------------- > Views expressed do not necessarily reflect those > of Conspiracy Nation, nor of its Editor in Chief. >----------------------------------------------------------------- > I encourage distribution of "Conspiracy Nation." >----------------------------------------------------------------- >If you would like "Conspiracy Nation" sent to your e-mail >address, send a message in the form "subscribe cn-l My Name" to >listproc@cornell.edu (Note: that is "CN-L" *not* "CN-1") >----------------------------------------------------------------- > For information on how to receive the improved Conspiracy > Nation Newsletter, send an e-mail message to bigred@shout.net >----------------------------------------------------------------- >Want to know more about Whitewater, Oklahoma City bombing, etc? >(1) telnet prairienet.org (2) logon as "visitor" (3) go citcom >----------------------------------------------------------------- > See also: http://www.europa.com/~johnlf/cn.html >----------------------------------------------------------------- > See also: ftp.shout.net pub/users/bigred >----------------------------------------------------------------- >Aperi os tuum muto, et causis omnium filiorum qui pertranseunt. >Aperi os tuum, decerne quod justum est, et judica inopem et > pauperem. -- Liber Proverbiorum XXXI: 8-9 > > > >