At 10:46 AM 4/19/96 -0700, Alan wrote:

The thing I have not determined is whether they understand the outcome of the ideas they are wanting to implement. A good case could be made either way for cluelessness or totalitarian mindsets. I am beginning to think it is a bit of both...

More likely, IMHO, it's an attempt by politicians to make the public think they're actually doing something. It's a lot easier to rant about terrorists and the Net than to address the root causes of terrorist violence (whatever they may be...). Rich ______________________________________________________________________ Rich Burroughs richieb@teleport.com http://www.teleport.com/~richieb See my Blue Ribbon Page at http://www.teleport.com/~richieb/blueribbon New EF zine "cause for alarm" - http://www.teleport.com/~richieb/cause