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Lizard Speaks Out On Internet Censorship:

You see, my friend, despite what you have been told, the United States of America isn't a democracy. The founders of this nation, quite wise men, realized that the people were more than capable of being utter prats, and thus, placed many things outside the reach of "many people." That is what the Constitution means when it says "Congress shall make no law." It means no matter how much the people whine, and beg, and scream, and whine, their elected representatives DO NOT HAVE THE POWER TO CENSOR.

The people be damned.

Everyone in the technology industries is concerned that the Communications Decency Act will make the US non-competitive in international markets, because it will paralyze Internet service providers who will be forced to filter every single piece of personal email, every single Web page, and every single post made to Usenet through their ISP for potentially pornographic material. Which will make running an ISP in America impossible.

Many people feel that the religious right, in their crusade to control the world around them, do not realize that such strict laws will kill the US as a member of the Internet community. They're not as stupid as people think they are. They know the situation. They don't care. They want to rule, period, and if what they end up ruling is a fourth-rate backwater nation, that won't matter to them. Just so long as they are in charge.

They know about products such as "Surf Watch" which can restrict Internet access to certain content. THEY DON'T CARE. They do not want to protect their children, they wish to enslave you. They are not "misguided." They are not "poorly informed." They are not "concerned parents." *THEY* *ARE* *EVIL*. And, as they will be the first to tell you, there is no compromise or treaty with evil. The censors must be fought, and defeated, *by any means necessary*. By the ballot box if we can, by the cartridge box if we must.

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