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Peter Cohen (flargh@tikkabik.com) wrote:
: In article <rogerlouzudvu.fsf_-_@sturgeon.coelacanth.com>,
: roger@coelacanth.com (Roger Williams) wrote:
: 
: >Umm, probably so, but what's the connection between the OK bombing and
: >Exon's bill?  Or, for that matter, the Internet?
: 
: For sane and rational folk, very little, but there appears to be little
: sanity and even less rational thought inside the Beltway than usual.

Actually, it was Diane Feinstein (and to think I actually voted for her, 
but what was the choice... Huffington? HA!). DF found out that 
information on "bombmaking" was available on-line (in fact, it is 
available at a URL that ends in .gov :-) ). She then rallied that the net 
was an evil place because terrorists could get access to this information.

ohhh-ahhh. Then Exon came along on his "pure" white horse trying to get 
"porn" off the net, so it would be a safe place for children to play ("Hi 
honey, I just left little Billy out in the middle of the information 
superhighway, hope he dosen't get run over by a porn truck."). Now, DF 
wants to eliminate information, and Exon wants to eliminate information, 
and it's all for the good of "our children" as we all know that parents 
can't maintain "parental control" and that it's the governments job to 
teach ethics to our kids since no one in the government ever does 
anything unethical for any reason ever... 

Oh crap! It's a violation of our 1st Amendment rights, and it will take 
some ACLU type action in order to ensure that these rights are protected, 
and that the SC knocks down this *VERY BAD LAW*. One that was foisted 
upon us by both the Dems and the Repubs, who want to control our lives 
and limit our information, as a stupid society will re-elect these morons 
time-and-time again as long as they just tell us what to do, and the 
truth be damned!

jmi
ivler@crl.com