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2/22/96, Chemite@aol.com, Waverly, NY USA
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by Jennifer

     I did not vote for Bill Clinton. I would never vote for any
     polititian who would not uphold our right to freedom of speech.
     My name is Jennifer and I am a 31 year old mother of a 2 year old
     and a 5 year old. We live in Waverly, NY. I feel it is up to the
     parents to monitor their children on how they use the internet.
     Let the polititians monitor their own children. There are
     features available to limit children's use...so parents should
     use them.

     Recently in the news, the internet was blamed for some children
     learning how to build a bomb. Well, pick up any advanced physics
     text book in the library and you can find the mechanics of bomb
     making, even encyclopedias and dictionaries can give
     explaination. My point is...what kind of parent raised these
     children to be interested in doing something of this nature? If
     these children were serious enough, they could have found out
     through many types of media...so why blame the internet?

     Another area being attacked as terrible misuse of the internet is
     cybersex. Everyone can experience unpleasant conversation,
     whether in a chat room on AOL, a local bar, or in the grocery
     store. It's how people deal with these unpleasantries that
     matters. I was raised to ignore unpleasant conversation. I raise
     my children do the same. You can be in a lobby in an AOL chatroom
     and mention that your female and suddenly get bobbarded with IMs
     for cybersex. What do you do? Just ignore them, go to another
     room, whatever it takes. I know someday my children will
     experiment. Big deal, it can't hurt them. I'll just do my best as
     a parent to prevent them from wanting to do it. If they start
     banning more of the internet, who knows where they'll stop.
     Thanks for letting me air my views.

     Jennifer

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