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Re: Spin Control Alert (LI Newsday, 2/12/96)
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In article <[email protected]>,
"Deranged Mutant" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Know your enemies:
>
> There's an op-ed in LI Newsday by Cathleen A. Cleaver ("directory of
> legal studies at the Family Research Council..." in LI Newsday today.
>
> Serious pro-CDA spin here. Justifies the bust of Amateur Action BBS,
> ignoring that they were set up by the gov't, and then insists the CDA
> only prohibits making porn accessible to kids. Calls anti-CDA folx
> "free-speech zealots" and "friends of the porn industry", claims the
> courts can determine merit on a per-case basis, and claims objections
> to CDA are really from "arrogance and greed... Most Americans do not
> have access to the Internet. The on-line elite would like to keep it
> that way..."
No surprises here. Except for the "on-line elite" shot in the dark, the
anti-sex censors have been talking this way for decades.
What's interesting is that your report of this spokesperson's tone makes
it sound *defensive* -- like a reaction to an onslaught rather than a
celebration of victory.
The battle for people's hearts and minds on this issue is far from over.
ObMetzgerQ: What the hell does this have to do with cryptography?
ObMetzgerA: Nothing! So there! Hahahahahahha!
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