From: Bill.Humphries@msn.fullfeed.com (Bill Humphries)
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 05:02:50 +0800
To: "banjo, lord of the c monkeys" <kelli@zeus.towson.edu>
Subject: Re: CDA as a tool (was: Re: Helping the Crypto-Clueless)
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banjo, lord of the c monkeys (is that a 1,000 monkeys trying for RSA code,
12 monkeys trying for a screenplay to a Terry Gilliam film?) wrote:

>I agree:  and in addition to that [stuff deleted above], I'd like to say
>that >contrary to the beliefs of some people on this list, I don't think
>the CDA is
>representative of a legislative body's spiteful action against general
>free speech and information; it's far to simple a motivation for
>computer-illiterate, re-election minded professional politicians.

The legislators may not have known or understood what they voted for,
however, the fact of the matter remains is there were a host of groups
(primarily the Christian Coalition) who know what the Internet can do to
prevent them from dominating public discourse and dictating policy to the
GOP. They used the congress and a press-release driven news media to get
their way.


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