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Subject:ADMIN: Sexist Comments From:"Eric J. Ray" <ejray -at- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 20 Oct 1998 13:12:36 -0600
Gang,
A subscriber lost posting privileges less
than two weeks ago for an incredibly racist comment.
A subscriber just lost posting privileges
for a post full of incredibly sexist comments.
(I might add that both parties were repeat offenders who
received several warnings and had been toeing the line
of suspension for quite some time.)
This list isn't the place for bigotry of any sort.
Eric
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