1996-02-12 - Re: V-chips, CC, and Motorcycle Helmets

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From: “Deranged Mutant” <WlkngOwl@UNiX.asb.com>
To: frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz)
Message Hash: 28a3290b04fc5d4761c0e1fc49e7b87164961db7add3e1d1674195998532875c
Message ID: <199602121222.HAA26137@UNiX.asb.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-02-12 13:14:48 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 21:14:48 +0800

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From: "Deranged Mutant" <WlkngOwl@UNiX.asb.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 21:14:48 +0800
To: frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz)
Subject: Re: V-chips, CC, and Motorcycle Helmets
Message-ID: <199602121222.HAA26137@UNiX.asb.com>
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> One thing the V-Chip gives us is the argument:  Now that parents have the
> ability to control what their children watch, the government should turn
> responsibility over to them and butt out.

We should turn the argument into something about how the V-Chip is a 
crappy idea and go from there to a system of filtering which can be 
used negatively (to filter out offensive or lame programming, 
commercials even) and positively (notify when a program comes on).

 
--- "Mutant" Rob <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>

Send a blank message with the subject "send pgp-key"
(not in quotes) for a copy of my PGP key.





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