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...might ask how the Jewish mother became responsible for the guilt of our Catholic friends as well. The answer is purely historical, since Catholicism is merely a popular off-shoot of Judaism--and a financially successful one at that! In effect, all Catholic mothers are just Jewish mothers whose ancestors took a detour several years...
...online services. House members on a joint committee narrowly voted Wednesday to ban "indecent" material, but to give service providers protection against prosecution. "The online services were worried that using the broad 'indecent' standard, rather than the more narrowly defined 'harmful to minors' standard, would produce a 'chilling effect' by holding them responsible for indecent materials in their system," says TIME's John Dickerson. "But the bill lets providers off the hook by allowing them a 'good faith' defense for those who take reasonable steps to label content and enable users to block objectionable material using user control technologies...
Still, if the proposal becomes law, many individuals could be charged with distributing indecent materials to minors over the Internet and face as much as a $100,000 fine and up to 5 years in prison." The measure in effect would take many of the standards of broadcasting and apply them to the Internet. But TIME's Joshua Quittner says broadcast rules don't mesh with the online world. "Broadcast standards are there because there is a limited bandwidth. Only a few people could use it, and because of that they have a responsibility to the public...
Leaders of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) have repeatedly assured members that they can expect some changes in the benefits package before it takes effect...
...online services. House members on a joint committee narrowly voted Wednesday to ban "indecent" material, but to give service providers protection against prosecution. "The online services were worried that using the broad 'indecent' standard, rather than the more narrowly defined 'harmful to minors' standard, would produce a 'chilling effect' by holding them responsible for indecent materials in their system," says TIME's John Dickerson. "But the bill lets providers off the hook by allowing them a 'good faith' defense for those who take reasonable steps to label content and enable users to block objectionable material using user control technologies...