[Prev|Next|Index] Tue, Feb 20, 1996 Chip Robson

Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma!

     By Chip Robson

     It is a sad, sad world in which the people of the MOST FREE
     NATION in
     the world find themselves in the position not unlike that of the
     ‘Puritans’ of England which first settled this great country of
     ours.
     These people were ostracized for their beliefs. They were
     persecuted
     and ridiculed. For that, they sought freer lives abroad, only to
     find
     themselves on the soils now known as The United States of
     America.
     Here they were content to live their lives as they chose...in
     FREEDOM!

     As time went by, our founding parents found themselves creating
     the
     doctrines by which every American now lives: The Constitution and
     the
     Bill of Rights of the United States of America. One of these
     rights is
     the Freedom of Speech.

     The Internet has been around for decades and has survived in all
     its
     glory. Now it seems that ‘other people’ choose to partake of the
     opportunities that The Net has to offer and, as such, find the
     need to
     govern what has existed in peace for so long (Thank you very
     much!).

     One would THINK, in this day and age, that MOST parents would
     have
     control over their children to the point that they could keep
     them from
     reaching the realms of where they are not welcome. They should
     think
     in terms of controlling their children rather than attempting to
     control
     The Net.. If children are found pursuing such devices as to
     enlighten
     their sexual awarenesses .-. where are the parents?

     As with the trend to sit your child down in front of the
     television cum
     (that's Latin!) baby-sitter, then obviously, they have not the
     wherewithal to keep them in CHECK and survey their activities
     AWAY from
     realms they need not be a part of. The parents should not be
     always
     looking for that proverbial baby-sitter, in this case, the
     government of
     the United States of America. It is time for parents to take the
     stance
     which they have long abandoned...being parents! Has parenthood
     gone the
     way of the model T?

     As with the 'Indians' (Native Americans) here we are again,
     coming in as
     newcomers, not liking what we see and changing it! (or, as
     history
     repeats itself, taking it away!)

     What gives YOU the right? We have been residing here fair and
     well
     without you. Now you cometh, now you taketh away! Just like
     Manhattan!

     If you liketh not what you behold - begone with you! Turn the
     channel!

     This country was made up of people who wanted to exercise their
     rights
     to be the people they wanted to be.

     The Bill of Rights was composed to protect those people AND their

     rights. What gives YOU the right to chastise me? What have I ever
     done
     to you. I have a right that YOU are impeding on! Perhaps YOUR
     right
     to be 'holier than thou' should be taken away. Then maybe you
     would
     understand!

     God bless America! (or is it the Indies? Columbus? Are you
     there?)

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