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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 (lofstrom@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.