Alan writes:
No surprises here. Except for the "on-line elite" shot in the dark, the anti-sex censors have been talking this way for decades.
What's interesting is that your report of this spokesperson's tone makes it sound *defensive* -- like a reaction to an onslaught rather than a celebration of victory.
Exactly. Catharine MacKinnon, for instance, has called the EFF and other Rimm-debunkers part of the "pro-pornography power block" which represents the "howling fury of the pornographers protecting their penises and their wallets." The Family Research Council, which wrote today's Newsday today, has launched similar attacks. The FRC is run by Gary Bauer, a former policy assistant to Reagan and a former undersecretary at the Department of Education. Now he heads the FRC, the DC-based lobbying extension of James Dobson's "Focus on the Family." Dobson's history includes serving on the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography (the Meese Commission). Bauer also embraced Marty Rimm's cyberporn study as gospel, calling the ACLU and EFF "porn industry apologists" who are "taking cheap shots at this comprehensive study." Thanks to Rob, the Newsday op-ed is at: http://fight-censorship.dementia.org/fight-censorship/dl?num=1153 Related articles about the FRC are at: http://fight-censorship.dementia.org/fight-censorship/dl?num=247 http://fight-censorship.dementia.org/fight-censorship/dl?num=839 ObCrypto: Yes, Know Your Enemies and work with the natural enemies of the religious right, such as groups like the ACLU and the FEN. The theocratic push to outlaw nonescrowed crypto is next. -Declan