the telecomm bill

[Cedar Falls Public Library Acct #1]

All of the discussion of this bill reminds me that
we all see the same things through the prism of our
different lives.  This also says to me that Mr. Wagner's
observations below are especially important.  How are
we adults ever to get together and discuss anything at
all if we are constantly required to worry that the
kids in the room next door might possibly hear us or
even that they might be _trying_ to hear us?  Why do we
try to keep so much from them?  I expect that yes, the
true issue is with gagging adults _not_ protecting kids
although if you make it a scarey thing for anybody to
talk about important issues in the culture, the kids
will grow up unaccustomed to open debate...

--Barb  (Speaking only for myself)
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On Sat, 10 Feb 1996, Kurt W. Wagner-Reference/Electronic Resources wrote:

> I cannot top the erudite essays of Karen and Betsey, but just wish to add 
> that this legislation's effects will be felt not only within the 
> circumscribed areas that they mentioned. What do I, a white, anglo-saxon, 
> heterosexual, protestant, republican have to gripe about? Well, you can 
> start with the what the Founding Fathers had to say.
> 
> I don't have vague, alarmist fears about the impact this will have on the 
> Internet. I just fear that the time will come when I log on and cannot 
> find the open discussions (with unfettered descriptive language) on the 
> universe of topics the Usenet is famous for. When the regulation is 
> complete, the vanillification is achieved, the 'net is 
> cruelty/violence/freedom free, it will have lost the very thing it is 
> founded upon.
> 
> You'll say "the law restricts the child pornographers, not freedom of 
> speech" but when the common denominator gets to set the rules for all the 
> rest, then this medium is crippled.
> 
> Kurt
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