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From: The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com>
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Subject: Re: censorship in this group
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 23:01:58 -0700
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Michael Moroney wrote:
> 
> ClutterFreak <ClutterFreak@FakeAddress.com> writes:
> 
> >On Wed, 29 Jun 2016 21:35:17 -0700, The Starmaker
> >wrote:
> 
> >> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
> 
> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_Death_Penalty
> >>>
> >>>> you can get the latest script at github
> >>>
> >>> As always, you are full of nonsense.
> >>>
> >>> It is the collective action of a significant number news server
> >>> administrators.
> >>
> >> okay, i guess some here don't know what a UDP is...I'll explain..
> >>
> >> UDP is a script or program that an individual uses to udp someone, to
> >> delete their usenet postings.
> >>
> >> In other words, if I want to udp you, I run a udp program that
> >> automatically deletes all your postings and future posting on
> >> auto...
> >> your posting do not show up anywhere on *any* news server.
> >>
> >> Ask anyone whos anyone.
> 
> >If such a script was available to public it would've
> >been used about 30 times a day in this newsgroup
> >alone.
> 
> This shows the historical ignorance of Starfaker regarding Usenet.
> 
> Such a script would have worked 10-15+ years ago, not now.  Such scripts
> did exist back then and _were_ widely abused.  Hipcrime, the Scientology
> cancelbunny/cancelpoodle and so forth.
> 
> None of these scripts were called UDP. UDP, as mentioned, was an organized
> effort to punish abusive/spammy providers, and implemented by the major
> Usenet hubs of the time. I think the last UDP took place in 2001.
> 
> Hipcrime was the name of the most popular usenet abuse software.


Hipcrime was not a "usenet abuse software"...it was a software to
implement a Usenet Death Penalty on anyone you wanted to UDP.

You know...take him out. Bang you're dead.

He who controls the UDP, controls Usenet.

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