June 6, 1997

Good Morning from the Zundelsite:

Do I ever get clobbered by the "ethnic purists" in our midst when I go on record saying that I believe that so urgent and serious is the nature of our intellectual struggle that we must put aside ALL differences-including questions of a racial nature-until we have neutralized the main danger to our culture, our way of life and our children's future, a danger known in the vernacular as the New World Order Plan.

For me personally, that means the (Nationalist!) model of the Olympics will do fine - all races doing their utmost, and more, in a competition based on outcome for their country, their people and their way of life as they determine it should be, and medals to the best: but honor, courtesy, respect, goodwill and kindliness to ALL who are willing to put out the effort.

Toward that end, I cultivate a lot of helpful ties with other races whose input I respect. Here is a two-piece correspondence with a black woman, the editor of a black Nationalist magazine, that was recently made available to me.

I think that it speaks volumes:

"For whatever it's worth, I thought you might like to see this correspondence between an AOL subscriber and Steve Case (CEO of AOL) concerning censorship. The response (from his office) may just be a form letter, but I think it's worth noting.

"Dear Steve Case:

"Although I am an AOL subscriber, when I decided to set up a web page for my newsletter (hard copy published since 1985), I chose not to make use of AOL for this site. I suspected that, if there might be even the least bit of controversy associated with the content of my site, AOL would quickly fold to any pressure, and possibly shut down my newsletter.

"As a black conservative, the articles I publish come down hard on perfidious black leaders, and strongly oppose the political designs of homosexual activists and authoritarian feminists. Each of these groups are steeped in the political correctness of the day and do not hesitate to designate all opposition to their views as "hate." To merely question is to "hate."

"It was obvious from the beginning that the assault on pornography was merely to be the first step in a calculated plan by this official elite, to destroy the propaganda of their political enemies. In a way, the pornography ploy is no more than a cover for their real intentions. They have already gotten AOL hooked on their verbiage about "guidelines." You have been instructed to employ these guidelines to "hate material with equal vigilance as those regarding pornography." It sure did not take them long to move from porno to "hate material."

"As a black, I am fully supportive of the right of the Ku Klux Klan, and all other white nationalists, to operate as many web sites as they can pay for. I don't want anyone shutting down my site with phony allegations of "hate," a designation that only the politically correct get to define. Since I want the right to spread my ideas throughout the Internet, I fully support all others who wish to disseminate their notions of truth.

"I know it is probably hopeless to expect an online service like AOL to stand up and take the heat (after all, look what is happening to CompuServe), but I implore you not to give in too swiftly to the people who are the real hatemongers. After all, some of these issues will be decided by forthcoming legislation. Why can't you hang in there until new laws are in place?

"DEliz@aol.com

Response:

Date: May 12, 1997 10:57 AM EDT
From: Steve Case
Subj: Censorship
To: DEliz

"Dear deliz,

"I am responding to your email on behalf of Steve Case. Thank you for taking the time to write to us.

"Thank you for your email regarding the "Knights of Ku Klux Klan - realm of Texas" website.

"The issues raised by this website are difficult and serious, and they are issues that we and all other Internet online services and service providers must deal with. We want to assure you that we are working hard, along with others in the industry, to strike the correct balance among the complicated legal, free speech and social responsibility considerations.

"As you know, we have standards which govern the content of our service. Our goal is to provide an interesting, stimulating and safe place for all members. We ask our members to be respectful of one another. To that end, we ban vulgar, abusive or hateful language on the AOL service. However, this particular KKK website, as you may know, is not on the AOL service. While created by an AOL member, this site resides on the Internet. Thus, one of the toughest issues raised by this situation is whether we should monitor content which is not on the AOL service, but is created by AOL members and resides on the Internet. We are now engaged in internal discussions on this point.

"What concerns us most about this particular situation is the perception that AOL may endorse the views the site expresses, simply because an AOL member created it, even though the website is not part of our service. In fact, we most emphatically do not endorse the views expressed on this website.

"Given these considerations, it is fair to say that this matter continues to be under review. I hope you understand that there is no one easy answer for all of these cases. Even if you do not agree with our decision on this particular site, we trust that you recognize the larger questions involved.

"Again, thank you for writing.

"Sincerely,

"Meghan McNabb, Office of the Chairman"
(AOL)

Thought for the Day:

". . . I asked him why we never hear of 'Muslo-Christian'."

(A ZGram Reader)

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