At 01:17 PM 2/10/96 -0500, you wrote:
Spam beget filters.
Most congresscritters delete email from people other than their constituents already.
Adam
Untrue most of them have responded to my correspondence. For example, I live in Atlanta Ga. and Senator Bradley is a representative of New Jersey. Here is his letter. By the way I have many more from many other members of both House and Senate. Thank you for contacting me to express your views concerning the Communications Decency Act of 1995, which was recently passed as part of S. 652, the Telecommunications Act of 1995. I greatly appreciated the opportunity to review your thoughts on this issue. Although the advances being made in our nation's information and communications network are revolutionary and welcome, they also provide openings for individuals to transmit obscene materials to children and to lure children. Throughout my career in the U.S. Senate, I have consistently encouraged the recording industry and the television industry to limit explicit violence and sex on television. Given the widespread growth of information networks, I supported the Communications Decency Act as a means to curtail children's exposure to offensive materials and to give parents some control over the things their children see and hear. While I supported this amendment because I believe there is a need for some safeguards against obscenity, I do have some concerns about the implementation of this provision, if it becomes law. There should be a distinction between indecent and obscene material, as there is in other relevant laws. Furthermore, this particular amendment does not adequately reflect the unique nature of the Internet, in which information crosses many computers and access points before reaching the user. Finally, I was disappointed that the Senate did not have an opportunity to consider an alternative proposal suggested by Senator Leahy. This measure would have provided more safeguards to ensure that First Amendment rights were preserved, but still would have accomplished the overall objective of the adopted version. Determining who should be held responsible for disseminating obscene material may be difficult. I am concerned that this could lead to an overall chilling effect on online communication as users fear that they may be held responsible for material they did not originate. Please be assured that I will keep your views in mind as the joint House-Senate conference committee attempts to reconcile the differences between the two versions of the Telecommunications Act of 1995. Again, thank you for contacting me to share your views. I hope to hear from you again in the near future. Best wishes. Senator Bill Bradley Washington, DC 20510 (202)224-3224
Charles Donald Smith Jr. ||The government is my shepherd I need not work. It alloweth me to lie down on a good job. It leadeth me beside stilled factories. It destroyeth my initiative. It leadeth me in the path of a parasite for politics sake. YEA, though I walk through the valley of laziness and deficet spending I shall fear no evil, for the government is with me. It prepareth an economic utopia for me by appropriating the earnings of my grandchildren. It filleth my head with false security. My inefficiency runeth over. Surely, the government should care for me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in a fools paradise forever.................AMEN! || nuke'm if ya got'em||