From: Adamsc@io-online.com (Adamsc)
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 14:04:14 +0800
To: "patrickbc@juno.com>
Subject: Re: Sen. Leahy's "impeccable cyberspace credentials"
Message-ID: <19960901042711375.AAA140@IO-ONLINE.COM>
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On Sat, 31 Aug 1996 18:11:52 EDT, patrick b cummings wrote:

>I agree with what you are saying but not all polititions are that bad. 
>You make it sound as if their are no politisions are for freedom of the
>net.

For the most part there aren't.  Why? Well the media has sensationalized it. 
How many politicians want to go on record as "protecting the rights of
child-pornographers"?  Now, this isn't a major portion of Internet usage, but
you'd never know that from what you read in the paper.  If you only listened to
them, it'd be something like this:
40% kiddie-porn
20% terrorists, bomb instructions, etc.
15% "evil hackers" who are going to steal our money, shut off our power, etc.
10% hate groups
10% pornography
03% right-wing gun nuts
02% other (research, entertainment, etc)


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