deleting huh?
This is stupid! Stupid! This is the kind of stuff Congress pulls when it's hot out and there is a new war and Americans don't pay attention to domestic news. The House of Reps just passed The Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA) which is a crazy paranoid out-of-touch boo-stupid taking-advantage-of-fear pandering-to-the-religious-right piece of legislation.
From the Register:
The Act forbids publicly funded organisations, such as schools and libraries, from allowing young people to access sites that have chat rooms or "social networking" elements...Opponents argue that the definitions in the law are so vague that they could take in a vast array of existing commercial websites and damage the business potential of those sites and the research capabilities of schools and libraries.
This blog would be banned under DOPA, just to give you an idea how the bill defines sites to ban. And our little procrastination project is pretty innocuous, save for Shawn's recent contributions. I know it's about protecting the kids, but why not let libraries come up with their own policies LIKE THEY DO NOW. Why punish libraries for having the internets? Why not write a real bill that actually punishes the middle-aged creeps who lurk on MySpace looking for under-age prey?
I propose that we all call Russ (or whoever your senator is) and tell him not to vote for DOPA when it gets to the Senate. Delete DOPA.
1 comment:
Seriously, people. What are you trying to save your children FROM? They are going to grow up to be rotten little things anyways. Let them chat about it.
"The House passed the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA) by 410 votes to 15." You have to be Effingham Sheboygan me. That's a HUGE margin. When will dems grow a backbone and stand up to some of this?
Oh, also, Fitzpatrick decided this was needed for the whole country because he "researched" his constitency - 22 suburban areas outside of Philly. Yes sir, if 22 wealthy, white, suburban districts agree, then we certainly DO need it.
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