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Message no. 1
From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>
Subject: Re: Why U.S. Censorship is slightly funny. (off-SR-topic)
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 12:20:05 +0100
Helge Diernaes said on 15 Dec 95...

> Quite. But who do the US Gov think it is? Are to societal
> dissolution so bad in God's own country, that the US gov deem their
> citizens incapable of thought and critical opinions?
> Is this a way of raising US citizens to responsible adults, by denying
> them the tests of life? If a human is raised in a sterile environment, it
> will likely succumb to the first cold it catches :)

On this subject, I was just reading an article in the local paper about
internet-censorship. It seems there had been questions about this in Dutch
parliament the other day, mainly concerning whether or not the government
should take action against Dutch-owned web sites that offer pornographic
material or things to do with soft drugs. The Dutch government's point of
view on this matter is that it's the parents' responsibility to keep their
kids away from such things, and no intervention is necessary unless things
run out of hand.

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