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Government = Obscenity?



At 6:00 PM 7/19/96, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>This move by Singapore to censor a newsgroup posting is a good example of
>the overbreadth of government censorship. It's a bait-and-switch maneuver:
>say you're going after porn but censor "offensive" speech.

I'm surprised Duncan has not come forth with one of his patented "My Dad
says..." comments, so I will emulate his style.

Imagine a child refusing in school to do an assignment that involves
connecting to various government Web sites...

"My Dad says government is obscene, and that I'm not old enough yet to look
at obscenity."

--Tim May

Boycott "Big Brother Inside" software!
We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed.
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