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Article #123Re: Virginia's Internet Law Challenged
From: C. Keith Ainsley
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 00:00
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Hi people. Don't bite me head off, ok? (: Ok. Now if the government wasn't doing this, how many parents would be rallying that something would have to be done? I agree with the gentleman who says parents should be watching what their children are doing. A lot are not doing that but I thought I would just ask a what if question. - Keith John Gilmer wrote: > > Ken M. <pobox-dc@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message > news:37FC3628.2116@ix.netcom.com... > > x-no-archive:yes > > > > Virginia's Internet Law Challenged > > Ban to Protect Children Called Unconstitutional > > > > By Leef Smith > > Washington Post Staff Writer > > Thursday, October 7, 1999; Page B01 > > > > 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. > > ********************************* > > You can read the article at: > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-10/07/037r-100799-idx.html > > ********************************* > > > > 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 > > > > > (ken) > > > > > > -- > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><<>><><><><><><><><> > > > > See some sample photos taken with my Olympus digital camera at: > > http://www.theupperdeck.com/digitcam/ > > > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><<>><><><><><><><><> > > > > Are you burning enough calories with your daily exercises? Check: > > http://www.CyberDiet.com/activity/activity.cgi > > > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><<>><><><><><><><><>
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10a9ce,273dc33518dc8cb1 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a9ce,public X-Google-Thread: 108b95,273dc33518dc8cb1 X-Google-Attributes: gid108b95,public X-Google-Thread: fb785,273dc33518dc8cb1 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb785,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,273dc33518dc8cb1 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public From: "C. Keith Ainsley" <cka@exis.net> Subject: Re: Virginia's Internet Law Challenged Date: 1999/10/13 Message-ID: <38040721.B04214B@exis.net> X-Deja-AN: 536101765 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <37FC3628.2116@ix.netcom.com> <939348808.448390@pizza.crosslink.net> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: 13 Oct 1999 00:19:53 -0500, ppp-1-5.exis.net Organization: Exis Net Inc MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: va.general,dc.general,md.general,balt.general