At 7:57 AM 2/19/96 -0500, tallpaul wrote:

On Feb 18, 1996 19:27:04, 'frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz)' wrote:

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A local TV station has asked me for an interview, after I sent a graphic of a mono-digital hand gesture with the phrase "censor this!" to the Prez, Veep, and the area congresscritters (cc'd to 2 TV stations and a radio station), accompanied by a 'confession' and demand for swift prosecution.

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Anyone got any nifty sound bites I can try to toss in?

For the record, that is not my statement, but one I was replying to. No offense, I think I may have made the same kind of mistake.

I do not think that sound bites are the way to deal with these complex issues.

Tallpaul is right when he says that one SHOULD not deal with complex issues through sound bites. However, the mathematical model for this part of politics is Prisoner's Dilemma. (BTW It is also the model for negative advertising.) When your opponent goes to sound bites, you also must, or you will lose. The CDA fans have been using sound bites such as, "It will protect our children from netporn." and, "The net is a sea of pornography." Lost jobs and dead teenagers are the strongest images I can present on our side and still feel look at myself in the mirror in the mornings. Regards - Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bill Frantz | The CDA means | Periwinkle -- Computer Consulting (408)356-8506 | lost jobs and | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz@netcom.com | dead teenagers | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA