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1997-12-09 - Re: NYTimes oped: Federal laws better than censorware

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From: Andrew Shapiro <ashapiro@interport.net>
To: Mike Godwin <mnemonic@well.com>
Message Hash: 231f446e0c61e57c9ffdb1984e7fc31431fee80917a78d18b04292c4b4c15734
Message ID: <v03007807b0b27e986ec2@[207.38.248.190]>
Reply To: <3.0.1.16.19971204120003.2ff7b144@pop.interport.net>
UTC Datetime: 1997-12-09 06:35:28 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 14:35:28 +0800

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From: Andrew Shapiro <ashapiro@interport.net>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 14:35:28 +0800
To: Mike Godwin <mnemonic@well.com>
Subject: Re: NYTimes oped: Federal laws better than censorware
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At 10:37 PM -0500 12/7/97, Mike Godwin wrote:
>At 12:00 PM -0500 12/4/97, Andrew Shapiro wrote:
>>That's not what I said.  I'm not in favor of censorship and I oppose any
>>attempt to *criminalize* 'indecent' speech.  But criminalize does not =
>>regulate.
>
>Perhaps it is a flaw in my legal education, but I was always taught that
>criminal laws were a form of regulation.

What I meant to say, Mike, was that not all regulation, obviously, is criminal.

A.

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