From: Toto <toto@sk.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 00:11:30 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: THE NEW YORKER on the V-Chip
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> From:   IN%"abostick@netcom.com"  "Alan Bostick" 23-JAN-1997 23:09:54.72
> 
> >In the Jan. 20, 1997, issue of THE NEW YORKER, the "Comment", written by
> >Malcolm Gladwell, makes a powerful arguement about the unintended
> >consequences of the V-Chip

  I noticed that when my nephews buy video games, the first ones they
check out are the ones plastered with the 'protective' ratings-symbols
that proclaim that the game is the 'baddest of the bad' in terms of
violence, etc.
  Thanks to the violence-rating system, they no longer have to waste
time checking out 'dweeb' programs that contain absolutely no blood
and gore.

Toto