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Re: Sen. Leahy's "impeccable cyberspace credentials"
On Sat, 31 Aug 1996 18:11:52 EDT, patrick b cummings wrote:
>I agree with what you are saying but not all polititions are that bad.
>You make it sound as if their are no politisions are for freedom of the
>net.
For the most part there aren't. Why? Well the media has sensationalized it.
How many politicians want to go on record as "protecting the rights of
child-pornographers"? Now, this isn't a major portion of Internet usage, but
you'd never know that from what you read in the paper. If you only listened to
them, it'd be something like this:
40% kiddie-porn
20% terrorists, bomb instructions, etc.
15% "evil hackers" who are going to steal our money, shut off our power, etc.
10% hate groups
10% pornography
03% right-wing gun nuts
02% other (research, entertainment, etc)
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