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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp.earthlink.net!usenet From: "J.Camargo" <jc3d@earthlink.net> Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.osf.misc,comp.unix.sco.misc,comp.secur Subject: Re: Communications Decency Act may corrupt protocols Date: Fri, 03 May 1996 10:24:49 -0500 Organization: Aria Design Lines: 35 Message-ID: <318A2541.76F9@earthlink.net> References: <4ki6d6$ln7@newsserv.cs.sunysb.edu> <4kj36o$2h8@tom.amherst.edu> <4km3jh$1of@cronkite.cisco.com> <4l4hcl$n75@hobyah.cc.uq.oz.au> <4l7k5h$if1@alca.Helsinki.FI> <4maips$sp0@hops.entertain.com> Reply-To: jc3d@earthlink.net NNTP-Posting-Host: pool002.max5.houston.tx.dynip.alter.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.protocols.tcp-ip:44296 comp.unix.bsd.misc:903 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3484 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:18626 comp.unix.osf.misc:3077 comp.unix.sco.misc:17174 While I reside in the U.S. and may stand to lose a great deal from this, I think that computer industries in other countries should definitely take the forefront in advancing free, censorship -freeInternet services. Much is said about how the Internet allows small businesses to have equal presence as large corporations. I think this applies to nations as well. All it takes are smart dedicated people, and they live all over the world. I really don't think that any government has much business trying to regulate an industry that changes faster than politicians can flip-flop on whatever issue will get them votes. Obviously, such things as fraud, deceptive trade practices and child pornography need to be prosecuted, but they really fall under a different category than encryption and free exchange of ideas (no matter how bizzare they may seem to Jesse Helms and Newt Gingrich). I have been lucky to travel to many places on other continents and to spend lots of time getting to know people in other parts of the world. I am unlike most Americans who tend to believe that the rest of the world is somehow inferior to our great country which is filled with Uzi packing twelve year olds and cops that are sometimes as dangerous as the criminals. I think the US government and its people definitely need a good kick in the pants. Maybe being left behind in the digital age will scare us out of complacency and ignorance like Sputnik did so many years ago. J. Camargo Houston, Texas (Guess what, I know live in a psycho state where we can all legally carry concealed handguns w/ a permit. Wild Wild West, anyone?)