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October 03, 2002
Global censorship: NO! Domestic censorship: YES!
It's so nice of our Congress-critters to be concerned with the effects of foreign government-ordained censorship against the citizens of those countries. A new bill in Congress seeks everything up to and including a UN resolution condemning countries that censor the web. It advocates "technological means to circumvent censorship tools."

This is from the same band of idiots who gave us the DMCA -- which criminalizes using technological means to circumvent those devices which keep us from enjoying or studying legitimately-acquired media in the manner and place in which we choose.

This is from the same band of morons who gave us the CIPA & COPA & CHIPA & CDA and whatever other acronyms they use to describe the mandate for censorware in libraries and schools and public places where a child may possibly walk into or walk near or hear about the possibility of walking near...

This is from the same bunch of cretins who are looking to put a censor and a copyright cop in every piece of equipment capable of playing a digital file... including hearing aids and toilet seats.

I'm so glad they're concerned about the rights of citizens in foreign countries... now if they could just turn their sights closer to home.

Posted by evano at October 03, 2002 04:06 PM

http://www.guydickinson.com/sheep/archive/000427.html