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'Dangers of the Internet' Resolution Passed By Senate
destinyland writes "Apparently June is national 'Internet is Dangerous' month. The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution urging Americans to 'learn more about the dangers of the Internet.' And what counts as a danger? Disabling censorware, or making friends online if you ever plan to meet them in real life. Its extreme negativity is disappointing. But remember — it passed unanimously. From the tech blorge article: 'It's not just a resolution. A few corporations are actually trying to cash in on this misguided disinformation campaign, including BSafe Online, a Tennessee company which markets a PC filtering software. (I wonder if it's one of the ones that can be disabled by 31% of America's teenagers...) Their CEO has an encouraging message for parents about safety on the internet. "This is a battle they must fight everyday with their children in order to keep pornographers, sexual predators and cyber-bullies at bay." And keeping those pornographers and sexual predators away will cost you a mere $70 a year...'"
Here is the entire text of the debate surrounding this bill, including the text of the bill itself, which seems to be aimed at "promoting awareness" of "online bullying."
This post expresses my opinion, not that of my employer. And yes, IAAL.
- Care, and
- Be in the room at the time the vote was called.
Likely, neither of these two things were true, because this resolution is just blowing smoke. Unanimous consent votes happen ALL THE TIME in Congress -- they're the equivalent of the chair asking whoever happens to be in the room (usually a small handful of Senators) "does anyone object to this". 99.9% of the time, no one objects, because it's not important enough to exercise the vocal chords.This post expresses my opinion, not that of my employer. And yes, IAAL.
You're the one who's ignorant! That or you are an evil-doer. Anything involving pipes or series of tubes is evil. Period. Haven't you been reading your bible? Not trusting the federal government is terror thoughts. The Iraqies are terror-pipe people, that's why we've had to kill 712,000 of them. Terror-pipe people hate us for our freedom. And we hate them for their terror pipes. These people will mastermind terror-pipe-plots and terror-pipe-bombings if we don't bring their war to them. They have terror-pipe weapons of mass-terror-pipe!
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) designates June 2007 as `National Internet Safety Month';
(2) recognizes that National Internet Safety Month provides the citizens of the United States with an opportunity to learn more about--
(A) the dangers of the Internet; and
(B) the importance of being safe and responsible online;
(3) commends and recognizes national and community organizations for--
(A) promoting awareness of the dangers of the Internet; and
(B) providing information and training that develops critical thinking and decision-making skills that are needed to use the Internet safely; and
(4) calls on Internet safety organizations, law enforcement, educators, community leaders, parents, and volunteers to increase their efforts to raise the level of awareness for the need for online safety in the United States.
Yes, it's rather pointless, but it's not a "Da intertubez strangled my granddaughter" resolution, either. There's nothing terribly alarming going on this time.