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Consider the Feb. 17 episode of CSI. A form complaint letter available at the PTC website describes the episode, and it's icky stuff. The plot is about infantilism, a sexual fetish that involves adults wearing diapers and suckling at women's breasts. But the letter includes a curious argument: "COMPLAINANT urges the Commission to take notice of the high ratings for this episode of CSI ratings [sic]--reportedly viewed in 30.72 million households. Given its relatively early broadcast time [9 p.m. E.T.], it was without question viewed by millions of children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Decency Police | 3/20/2005 | See Source »

...watched his little frame house night & day after the ransom was paid, diminished. On one occasion he had seized a small U. S. flag, waving it frantically over his head as he ordered reporters off his premises. Another time he pretended to threaten them with an imaginary revolver--curious behavior which keyed well with a case chock full of strange actions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: A Hard Case | 3/18/2005 | See Source »

...thought. We click the box and accept the “terms” without pause. What are the actual terms? No one really knows—and, more often than not, no one really cares. But perhaps we should pay more attention to the content of these curious provisos—these End-User License Agreements (EULAs) that accompany most any piece of software. If the new changes to the terms of service of one of America Online (AOL) Inc.’s most popular applications are any indication, it’s easy to pull a fast...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: You've Got Jargon | 3/17/2005 | See Source »

...entrance line spilled out onto Brattle Street, mixing with the press and curious onlookers forced to stay outside the much-anticipated meeting...

Author: By William C. Marra and Sara E. Polsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: LACK OF CONFIDENCE | 3/16/2005 | See Source »

...entrance line spilled out onto Brattle Street, mixing with the press and curious onlookers forced to stay outside the much-anticipated meeting...

Author: By William C. Marra and Sara E. Polsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: LACK OF CONFIDENCE | 3/15/2005 | See Source »

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