On Sat, 26 Jul 1997, Anonymous wrote:
What, exactly, is the problem? Are these censorous motherfuckers of the opinion that protecting their children from these loudly proclaimed moral threats is not worth spending thirty or forty bucks on? Are they saying that your and my rights and freedoms are worth less than the thirty or forty bucks it would take for them to purchase censoring software?
Absolutely. You know, I thought that this was all taken care of when the supreme court ruled that CDA was overly broad and didn't use the easiest mode of "protecting children". The easiest mode is obviously shelling out the $20-$40 bucks on babysitter software. If parents are not willing to pay a babysitter $20-$40 bucks a year to watch their children while they go to the football game then they are guilty of negligence. I believe what we are really seeing is an attempt at corporate welfare. The censorship companies want us to rate ourselves so they don't have to do the work. I also think that the feds are using this as the first move towards an Orwellian society where the "Policeman" is put inside of us. One last thing. This whole concept of a RSACi approved "news site" is so Orwellian that it boggles the mind. It truly demonstrates the arrogance with which the media treats the people. They must think were really stupid. Of course, for the most part they are absolutely correct. On the other hand, how many people are actually aware of RSACi much less the "approved news" category? For what its worth... Jim Burnes