From: roy@sendai.cybrspc.mn.org (Roy M. Silvernail)
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 94 21:02:05 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Detweiler clone at WSJ
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In list.cypherpunks, bdolan@well.sf.ca.us writes:

> (And some folks thought that Brady-style fascism would only be applied
> to "gun-nuts"!  Won't be long before you have to have a license to 
> drive on the information superhighway.)

More than a year ago, there was a brief flurry of concern in the Twin
Cities about porn on the BBS'.  I actually attended a meeting with a
bunch of ops and a state senator.  It was kinda humorous... the senator
really didn't have a clue what a BBS was, and the sysops had called her
to inquire about any possible legislation.

The down side was that licensing was mentioned as the first recourse
from the state.  When we complained of the financial hit, the talk
turned to registration.  But the sense was clearly toward proactive
state control.

There was a TV crew at the meeting.  The bimbette made the state
senator look positively well-informed.  And they didn't interview
me, either.
- -- 
Roy M. Silvernail  []  roy@sendai.cybrspc.mn.org

                          It's just this little chromium switch.......

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