[MUD-Dev] Free Speech
Jeremy Hovance
jhovance at cscc.edu
Sat Jun 24 15:45:39 CEST 2000
--- Jeff Freeman <SkeptAck at antisocial.com> wrote:
> Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 19:24:32 -0500
> From: Jeff Freeman <SkeptAck at antisocial.com>
> To: mud-dev at kanga.nu
> Subject: [MUD-Dev] Free Speech
> Reply-to: mud-dev at kanga.nu
>=20
> I just received this email from a player (references to WoD, that's us).
[snip]
> asked those players not to do that there. I don't even know how to =
respond
> to this. Mind, we ARE a private MUD. When we accept new users, they =
apply
> and only after their application is accepted are they allowed online. =
This
> is baffling.
>=20
> Anyway... comments? I'd tell him I reserve the right to ban people for
> ticking me off, but somehow I don't think he'll accept that.
>=20
A private Application-only MU* is not the same as a public sidewalk or =
privately owned mining town. It is more akin to a gated restricted-access =
community or military base, since the public is required to show reason =
for access (an application) before allowed access. A sidewalk does not.
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