96/02/08 Canada's largest newspaper, The Toronto Star today published an account of the Ernst Zundel affair in the Fast Forward Section of the paper. Net columnist K. K. Campbell, in what looks like a 1500 word article, (I didn't count them) gives a good account of the German attempt to censor the Internet. He even mentions the fact that the MIT mirror was ordered removed, but gives no details. He goes on to take a shot at other attempts at censorship like the Church of Scientology lawsuits and the disaster that ensued attempting to keep these documents secret. Finally, he talks about the frustration of Canadian Interneters who continually have to listen to US netters saying that the US would never pass hate speech legislation like Canada has. He points out that while this has been true, the US has an "odious record" when it comes to protecting the rights of people to talk privately. Now it seems that the US has joined Canada with restrictive speech laws with the new telecommunications bill. Campbell uses the example of removing the Web site containing the King James Bible because it has the word "PISS" (II Kings) which has been ruled indecent by the US Supreme Court! The last couple of paragraphs talk about the EFF blue ribbon campaign and the Web page black background. Al in all a good article. Sometimes even journalists get it right <G> Regards, Tim Philp =================================== For PGP Public Key, Send E-mail to: pgp-public-keys@swissnet.ai.mit.edu In Subject line type: GET PHILP ===================================