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Ken M. <pobox-dc@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:37FC3628.2116@ix.netcom.com...
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> Virginia's Internet Law Challenged
> Ban to Protect Children Called Unconstitutional
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> By Leef Smith
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Thursday, October 7, 1999; Page B01
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> Civil rights advocates and 15 Internet businesses filed
> a federal lawsuit yesterday challenging the
> constitutionality of a new Virginia law that seeks to
> ban from the Internet commercial material that could be
> considered harmful to juveniles.
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> You can read the article at:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-10/07/037r-100799-idx.html
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> I think parents should start monitoring what their children do and quit
> depending on society to do it for them.

Maybe if "society" would stop second guessing parents they could control
their children.   Unfortunately, the law only gives parents limited rights
over what they are exposed to in schools, etc.   For many students their
primary exposure to the internet is via computers and connections paid for
by school systems.

JLG

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