Protecting the children ...............hmmmmmmmm -

Author	All Replies
doober join:2002-01-30 Essex, MD	Protecting the children ...............hmmmmmmmm I wonder if there is a statistic showing how many children that are allowed to use newsgroups unsupervised? Are we kidding ourselves or are we just to lame to get back what once what provided to us for free. Are we really letting a ISP conducted and paid for investigation getting away with something like this? Who are we protecting here? The ISP's? The Children? or the politicians that are in the pocket of the "K" street bandits? This investigation is censorship on free speech.
doober join:2002-01-30 Essex, MD	to forum · permalink · 2008-10-15 19:53:10 ·
NormanS Premium,MVM join:2001-02-14 San Jose, CA kudos:4 Reviews: ·SONIC.NET ·Pacific Bell - SBC	said by doober: This investigation is censorship on free speech. The investigation, itself, is not "censorship", it is more of a "witch hunt". The result of the political grandstanding stunt, which this witch hunt has turned into is not "censorship". The ISPs, base on discussions I've participated in, with the SBC wonks over in 'sbcglobal.help.tech.newsgroups' (you can't get there unless you have an "at&t Yahoo! HSI" login) considered Usenet service to be a net cost, and would like any excuse to get out of offering them. Andy Cuomo just happened to hand them their excuse. Now, if your ISP keeps you from accessing 'news.motzarella.org', or the other NNTP servers offered by dedicated NNTP service providers, then you have grounds to cry, "Censorship". Otherwise, it is nothing more than political, and economic hanky panky. -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum
	to forum · permalink · 2008-10-16 07:25:40 ·

Giganews Deconstructs Cuomo's Child Porn 'Crackdown' > Protecting the children ...............hmmmmmmmm

Protecting the children ...............hmmmmmmmm