From: Scott Brickner <sjb@universe.digex.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 02:58:14 +0800
To: Mike McNally <m5@vail.tivoli.com>
Subject: Re: Enforcing the CDA improperly may pervert Internet architecture
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Mike McNally writes:
>Scott Brickner wrote:
>> Given your position, io.com is only accessible to adults in the world
>> of the CDA advocates.  Just upgrade your IP software to refuse
>> connections from minors.
>
>It's not "my" IP software.  I pay io for an account.  What you're saying
>is that every ISP would have to decide whether to be completely G-rated
>or else open to anybody.

Not necessarily.  The ISP could provide a configuration mechanism for
"self ratings" which the IP software would recognize.  Mislabeling would
be punishable the same way showing nekkid pictures of your wife to your
neighbor's kid is.

>Sigh.  That's probably what the CDA crowd wants.  It's hard not to become
>consumed by hatred.

Too true.  I wish they'd grow up and realize that information is inherently
harmless.  "Sticks and stones may break my bones..."