"US House Resolution 5319, the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA), was
passed by a 410 to 15 vote tonight. If the Resolution becomes law social
networking sites and chat rooms must be blocked by schools and libraries or
those institutions will lose their federal internet subsidies." (See
http://
Nick Arnett wrote:
>This seems crazy... I can't believe it passed 410 to 15. Apparently
>our legislators are afraid that they might be perceived as failing
>to protect children otherwise?
Nothing is likely to ensure that a legislator loses his job as well as
not answering the cry of "Won't som
Ahoy,
I'm here late for this conversation.
Pardon me.
On Jul 23, 2006, at 4:00 PM, jdiebremse wrote:
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
only the party in
power has been this corrupt and this cynical.
Where have you gone Dan Rostenkowski?
Our nation turns its lonely eyes to
On 7/26/06, William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 26 Jul 2006, at 11:15PM, Matt Grimaldi wrote:
>
> Wasn't there a Sci-fi book about that? Yes, there was. The main
> character had to go find out what happened to his planet's
> shipment of artificial wombs that hadn't arrived, so his
On Jul 28, 2006, at 9:01 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
What is this philosophy that allows Iraqi children to be killed,
maimed
and starved in the name of freedom while denying American children
intellectual freedom in the name of safety? Banning just doesn't
work.
Never has, never will.
The St
David Hobby wrote:
Welcome back. I think you're missing Charlie's point.
To me, his argument is that it is VERY hard to draw a clear
line between things that can turn into adult humans and things
that can't. I advise conceding the point, unless you just
like to argue for the fun of it. : )
Ma
Nick Arnett wrote:
I've read about this before, but it still just astonishes me that Katrina
survivors have lost civil rights as a result. They end up living in a
community where they are not free to talk to the press unless there is a
FEMA representative present. They can't have a landline tel
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 09:53 PM Sunday 7/23/2006, Nick Arnett wrote:
On 7/23/06, Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
At 08:33 PM Sunday 7/23/2006, Nick Arnett wrote:
>The last two days, my little indoor/outdoor thermometer has recorded a
high
>temp of 117 degrees.
I suppose I sh
Julia Thompson wrote:
Gary Denton wrote:
He reasoned that the Supreme Court could not make it fertilization as
that would make most Americans guilty of murder as birth control
pills work by preventing fertilized eggs from attaching to the
uterine wall. It would not be the attachment to the uter
At 10:00 PM Friday 7/28/2006, Brother John wrote:
It is nice and cool here in southeast Alaska. Enjoy your sun bathing.
Enjoy your Christmas.
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr. Jerry Pournelle
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On 29/07/2006, at 12:52 PM, Brother John wrote:
Perhaps it is an overstatement to say that every sperm is sacred,
but human life most definitely is. And if our popular culture no
longer values the sacred, or even understands the meaning of the
term "sacred," we have lost a big part of wh
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