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[Prev|Next|Index] Thu, Feb 22, 1996 john schmelling
Censorship, the Law of Responsibility & Boobies
By john schmelling
[Prev|Next|Index| greenway@neosoft.com Louisiana USA
Censorship, the Law of Responsibility, & Boobies
Once upon a time in elementary school, our class clown said
something that he wasn't
supposed to. The words he spoke so incensed our teacher, that she
punished the whole
class to teach us a lesson. To rationalize her actions, the
teacher said, "the good have to
suffer for the bad" and "one bad apple spoils the whole barrel."
It seems that this same brilliant method of punishment is still
in effect today and being
imposed on those whose speech, art, and ideas have been deemed
"obscene" or otherwise
inappropriate by the PC crowd.
Of course you know of the legislation which seeks to hold
Internet service providers
accountable for the actions of individuals. It should also be
apparent that legislation must
be enacted to prevent such a tragedy from ever occurring to
anyone, ISP or not.
For this reason, I have even attempted to draft a Law of
Responsibility.
You can view it at http://www.neosoft.com/~greenway/law.html
It's purpose is twofold: first to require that all people be
responsible for their actions thus
seeking to eliminate the "I'm a victim" disease; and secondly to
punish lawbreakers while
protecting individuals and companies from being held accountable
for actions committed by
others.
The bottom line is, it is not the governments responsibility [or
right] to impose morality on
its' citizens; or raise our children.
Since both child rearing and morality vary according to cultural
and social differences, it is
unconscionable to impose a "one size fits all" ideology to cover
the many and varied
peoples of this nation.
Obviously we need laws (and there are) to prevent adults from
intentionally soliciting and
harming minors, and punish those who do. *You must admit,
however, the world will not
come to an end if your child happens to see Pamela Anderson's
"boobies."*
So during these 24 Hours in Cyberspace, let us send a message to
those who wish to
censor and silence our First Amendment rights, preferably by
exercising your free speech
while you still have it.
If you wish, you can quote the four horrible words of our class
clown.....
GET OFF MY BACK!
Keep it wild
Law of Responsibility, morality, boobies,class clown
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