On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Tim May wrote:
Which is what the NRC did with the crypto issue. They sensed which way the wind was blowing (anti-Clipper, by 80% plus if I remember the opinion polls correctly) and came out with a report which massaged the inputs in such a way as to come out against key escrow.
If the opinion polls, weighted appropriately by inputs from media conglomerates, conclude that regulation of access to speech is advisable, then the NRC will issue a suitably-weighty report outlining the issues and presenting Congress with options for regulating speech and access to speech.
Or by inputs from majority stockholders of filtering companies. Oh wait, you said that. jbdigriz p.s. Since there are one or two attractive women out there I know who might concievably chance upon my remarks yesterday, I want to hasten to assure everyone that they were pure hyperbole, to make an, um, abstract philosophical point. Yeah, that's it. I'd never dream of actually looking at that gross, disgusting stuff. Why, it's demeaning to women. Those hussies have nothing on a real woman, anyway. :-)