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http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6099414.html?part=rss&tag=6099414&subj=news

likely to be blocked in the Senate, but shit like this is fucking crazy. do these people have a clue?
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cletusowns · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 496 Location: Oak Park

Good. Go to the library to read books not post it up on myspace. I can't even get on the computers to look stuff up here because all the kids are on myspace or forumwhoring. I am totally fine with this idea.
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Major Tom · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 7562

the gop-congress has apparently interpreted the old adage to mean "safety in number-of-restrictions"

it's all pretty consistant

BoySetsFire · Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 5:12 pm Post subject:

MsFrisby · Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:41 pm Post subject:

This bill would also block distance learning programs. Which are far more common than you think. This would mean that when I was working on my MLS, that if I went to the public library to do some of my homework, I would be blocked from accessing the course area where I would do my required posting. There were times that I was without home internet when going to school, and the public library was my only access. I couldn't drive 45 minutes one way to use the campus computers. This would also block WIKIPEDIA. It would block EMAIL. Such as google, yahoo, msn, etc. What about updating your lj? Poor Joey. No more updating your LJ, or adding your newest works to DevianArt. Sorry. That's social networking.

Write your representative and let them know how disappointed you are in them if they voted for this bill. Write your senator and emphasize how crippling this would be for a large number of people who do no wrong and use these kinds of websites. Doing this to MAYBE prevent someone from using the library from chatting up a 13 year old is severe overkill.
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HamletSr · Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:45 pm Post subject:

MsFrisby · Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:47 pm Post subject:

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/must-read/50812.html
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DigitalVirtuoso · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 66 Location: Houston, TX

Letting your kids access whatever they want on the internet is obviously a problem with the internet.

It isn't a parenting problem, NO... Of course not...
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WheelsOfConfusion · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 11133 Location: Unknown Kaddath

You can find worse smut in books.
Ever read the Bible? Chock full of murder, incest, debauchery, fornication, gruesome demising, and every kind of sin imaginable.

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MsFrisby · Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:01 pm Post subject:

haha! But, by that standard, nera, we would no longer keep fiction collections or anything but non-fiction videos here at the library. The library is ESTABLISHED as a place, not only for factual information, but also for entertainment. For reading, or watching, for fun. Just because.
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Amilam · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 921

Couldn't we put the House on chain gangs or license plate detail? Not so much as punishment (unfortunately stupidity is not a crime), but just to keep themselves busy. When left to their own devices they obviously feel the need to waste millions of dollars on useless litigation and just make themselves look ridiculious.

At any rate, after hearing some of the debate regarding Net Neutrality I think we can agree these people are woefully unqualified to be passing any laws regarding the internet.
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HamletSr · Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:44 pm Post subject:

John Mytton · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 607

You're kind of a dick, and not a funny one, either.