Chris: Considering the volume of email you're receiving on this topic, I doubt that you will get around to reading this letter. But for what its worth, the whole idea of heading off Federal legislation by policing ourselves is surrendering everything that we've won from the defeat of the British in 1776 to the defeat of the CDA. (a slight overstatement seeing that the Brits don't seem to have Parliment passing CDA laws) Can you imagine going into a library and having censorship ratings stamped on the bindings of all the books there? The very thought nearly brings tears to my eyes. Last week I watched Farenheit 451 and realized how close we are coming to that sort of society. If people want their information censored then they should "donate" money to their church and have it write filtering software. This would be a great way for churches to make money -- all tax free. Chances are that people would be able to find a church that agrees with their tastes in censorship. They may even attend that very organization. Think about it! Rather than bland names such as CyberSitter or NetCop or whatever you would have a "Parish Priest" that filters all references to clerical pedophilia, a "Rabbi Goldberg" that bans everything it considers anti- semitic and a "Baptist Minister (southern edition)" that pretty much bans... well .. a lot. Microsoft has been trying to sell user agents for a while. This would beat the hell out of Bob. Someone might actually use it! You would know exactly what you were getting and people won't usually sue their church if they should happen to miss a nasty URL once in a while. The church agents could also keep a tally of all the bad information the kids had been protected from and the nature of the information -- just in case the 'rents need to save them from mortal peril. As for the concept of an RSACi rating for "news sites" that are "officially approved" I can only say this is the most Orwellian proposal so far. After fifty-plus-years of "official" news I'd say that most people have had a belly full. The pure arrogance of such an idea is simply repulsive. To call this hypocrisy would be a affront to hypocrits everywhere. Rather than discussing this issue with the government I suggest you take it to a council of churches where it belongs and not the Feds. The last time the Feds staged a morality play they burned twenty children to death. For an example of how well the media served the people during that "rescue attempt" I refer you to charred corpses of little girls at Public Affair's Waco Holocaust Museum at: http://www.mnsinc.com/SkyWriter/WacoMuseum/ Would Public Affairs get an official "news site" stamp of approval? I thought not. --------------------------------------- When the world is running down make the best of what's still around -sting