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After Columbine, Eric Holder Advocated Internet "Restrictions"
ErikTheRed writes "In an audio clip discovered by NewsBusters, then-Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder advocated federal censorship of the Internet. This was in the aftermath of the Columbine High School shootings. From the clip: 'The court has really struck down every government effort to try to regulate it. We tried with regard to pornography. It is gonna be a difficult thing, but it seems to me that if we can come up with reasonable restrictions, reasonable regulations in how people interact on the Internet, that is something that the Supreme Court and the courts ought to favorably look at.'" Holder is reported to be Barack Obama's choice for Attorney General of the United States.
A truly bad driver who takes their kia past 90 isn't going to have insurance or a care about the "law."
How much is your data worth? Back it up now.
this is the cancer that is killing /b/.
DRM: Terminator crops for your mind!
There's a cancer that infects...cancer?? ;)
Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from stupidity.
How do you kill that which has no life?
"You are only young once, but you can be immature forever." -www.animemusicvideos.org
Haven't you read Infinite Jest?
Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.-- Frontinus, 1st cent. AD
Next you're going to blame some phantom act of God because some douchebag didn't build their house up to code and therefore those that do must see their Insurance Premiums go up, ``for the greater good.''
Please don't procreate.
What I'd give for all the f'n cars to be blown up, if it meant I didn't have to read another moronic Car Analogy and how it relates to the Internet, Operating System Design, Pedophiles, Pornography, RIAA and fill in the blank.
For real? You think that if a house is wired in such a way that is safe, but not to code, it'll still catch fire? interesting. There is a cliff over there, follow # 42 Mr. 43.
I BELIEVE in the law and all, I just think there are parts that are excessive. Please read the rest of my posts. The car analogy was a joke, because it is a /. Meme not intended to be close to serious.
Insurance is a great idea. If a house isn't up to code, the insurer won't insure it(check your policy). This doesn't impact the insurer, and therefore they have no reason to impact your premiums anyway. But I digress, I am not offended and I chose to belief that your just blind to irony, and other peoples opinions and feelings.
Perfect comment "Please don't procreate" as that would be on topic given that this all started w/ Censorship & regulation.
Luckily, no one tracks my every move. I'll do as I please, with whom I please, whenever I please, because I am free.
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