banjo, lord of the c monkeys (is that a 1,000 monkeys trying for RSA code, 12 monkeys trying for a screenplay to a Terry Gilliam film?) wrote:
I agree: and in addition to that [stuff deleted above], I'd like to say that >contrary to the beliefs of some people on this list, I don't think the CDA is representative of a legislative body's spiteful action against general free speech and information; it's far to simple a motivation for computer-illiterate, re-election minded professional politicians.
The legislators may not have known or understood what they voted for, however, the fact of the matter remains is there were a host of groups (primarily the Christian Coalition) who know what the Internet can do to prevent them from dominating public discourse and dictating policy to the GOP. They used the congress and a press-release driven news media to get their way. bill.humphries@msn.fullfeed.com (not affiliated with the Microsoft Network) @$#! Henry Hyde, #!*% James Exon, !@$! Ralph Reed