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on 12/12/94, Werner Staubitzer wrote (and said it well): >Hi Barbara and everbody else, >I sat back until now and took in the discussion concerning "permission for >what". It is now time for me to add my two cents worth. >If ever, and I hope and pray it will never happen, censorship, threats of >ligitation and other such totalitairian ways find their way into this List, >I will no longer have any part of it. I agree wholeheartedly with all who >affirm, that if one posts to this List one implicitely gives the o.k. for >all subscribers to use the item, if they wish to do so. To restrict this, >will destroy the spirit and freedom under which this List operates and which >must be preserved for the benefit of all of us. >It is the open discussion of ones private afflictions without fear and for >the possible benefit of someone else that makes this List what it is: "The >International Forum for Parkinsonians, Caregivers, Healthproviders and anyone >interested in Pakinsons." There is more knowledge and help regarding Parkinsons >on this List than anywhere else. Only through knowledge and fearless search >will the answer to Parkinsons be found. >So Barbara, preserve the integrity of PARKINSN for the benefit of all of us. >Best regards, Werner >----------------------------------- >Werner Staubitzer, Pouch Cove NF ><[log in to unmask]> i wholeheartedly second this! if people do not want their writings used, then they should not post! they can lurk if they wish. this will result in their feeding like info-vampires off the free info provided by others while not adding any substance themselves. a sad situation, but a necessary price to pay to avoid censorship. isn't the 'net for the trading of info, without the paranoid fear of plagarism? cyberspace belongs to everyone on the planet right now because we egage in free trade of ourselves. if we allow totalitarian censorship to take over, we lose our freedom to share ourselves in this wonderful way. this has little to do with pd, but i feel it is worth discussing. happy holidays! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ jeffrey r. romanyshyn, m.a., [log in to unmask] pacifica graduate institute 249 lambert rd./carpinteria, ca 93013 805/969-3626 *the real adventure is putting on your socks* the real adventure is putting on your socks, it's difficult to do early in the morning. your eyes, they don't focus. your fingers, they don't pinch. your toes, they don't wiggle. i sometimes sleep in my socks, i'm not always in the mood for adventure. j.r. romanyshyn 12/11/94