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...HAVE BEEN ONLINE FOR A couple of months. I in no way feel endangered by the material available on the Internet. Senator James Exon would have you think that the instant a kid goes online, he or she is bombarded with nasty pictures and messages from perverts. Sure, there's pornography on the net, but so far none of it has been forced upon me or any of my friends who are online. Which leads me to ask if Exon has ever been online. If he has, he would realize that there is no need for protection. Think...
...PRETTY CLEAR THAT EXON HAS IT IN for technology. The net is not print or broadcasting; it's a whole new medium with its own rules. Parents need to take responsibility for what their children do. They need to realize that the Internet is a community just like any other-and that every community has its share of bad guys. Parents should supervise what their children do and take the necessary steps to lock out things they find objectionable. Technology is the answer, not red tape. The fact that a politician who has outlived his usefulness is writing up bills...
...there are times that I feel very liberal. When I read Jesse Helms' latest comments, for example. (mmm. By his logic, do people who smoke Carolina tobacco deserve lung cancer?) Or when Bob Dole starts ranting about violence in Hollywood. Or when Senator Exon starts pontificating about the dangers of Internet porn. You know. The times when some conservative person or group says or does something utterly idiotic...
Dear Senator James Exon, could you kindly explain: How would you make other countries respect your proposed U.S. anti-cyberporn law? THOMAS HAHN Gerbrunn, Germany...
...week's end the balance between protecting speech and curbing pornography seemed to be tipping back toward the libertarians. In a move that surprised conservative supporters, House Speaker Newt Gingrich denounced the Exon amendment. "It is clearly a violation of free speech, and it's a violation of the right of adults to communicate with each other," he told a caller on a cable-TV show. It was a key defection, because Gingrich will preside over the computer-decency debate when it moves to the House in July. Meanwhile, two U.S. Representatives, Republican Christopher Cox of California and Democrat...