My career as a purveyor of child pornography.


Questions from a Canadian student

Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 18:24:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: [name]@intergate.bc.ca
To: jeangoodwin@nwu.edu
Subject: A couple of questions
Hi

My name is [deleted] and I live in Vancouver, Canada.

1. Was this page (http://faculty-web.at.nwu.edu/commstud/freespeech/units
/four/kidpornresults4.html) intentionally meant to be a trap for kiddie pornsters or is it stricly for the use of teaching material for your classes?

2. How many "real" replys have you had to this message. I'm guessing quite a few

I'm all for the complete deletion of all those disgusting newsgroups and web pages from the internet, but it is indeed an uphill battle. You are doing a good job in the fight against kiddie porn even if this wasn't your initial intention.

Thank you for your time and cooperation

[name deleted]

Undergraduate studying Physical Geography at the University of British Columbia

"I'm a peripheral visionary. I can see into the future, but it's way off to the side"
-Steven Wright


To: [name]@intergate.bc.ca
From: Jean Goodwin
Subject: Re: A couple of questions
Dear Mr. [name]:

I can assure you that the archived email is for teaching purposes, as you can confirm by looking at my main site, http://faculty-web.at.nwu.edu/commstud/freespeech/. I have posted all the email I have received about the site, except for a few recent messages which (new twist) threaten to turn me in for "purveying child pornography" and which I will post as soon as I get a chance.

Unfortunately, I also have to assure you that for a variety of reasons I am no warrior in the battle against kiddie porn. My main objective is to stop receiving email solicitations.

You may also want to consider this hypothesis: that at least some of the messages to me are from anti-porn warriors, wishing to trap me into purveying them some pornography so they may turn me in. Online, everyone should be suspected.

Thank you for your inquiry,

Jean Goodwin
Assistant Professor


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