@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 Sender: "David E. Anderson" <•••@••.•••> Subject: censorship and the mainstream When I read about some conflicts over censorship in schools, I was shocked. Many of the social control extremists objected to the very notion of teaching children to think critically. They wanted to teach "just the facts" and nothing else. I think many in the Christian Coalition and the Family Rights Coalition favor this line. We won't reach these people by appealing to their allegiance to "the free exchange of ideas" because they have none. We somehow have to convince everyone else THIS is the crux of the conflict, rather than the freedom to own pornography. Most of us wouldn't stand up to defend porn, but we ARE angered by American Ayatollahs and Morality Brigades. The country will become very angry when it finally understands social control requires spying on everything we read or do. That's the message we have to convey. There's an old answer to CDA: "This is America, buddy... It's a free country, so mind your own business." We lose if we imply the public would support us if they only understood how cool science fiction is. Dave -- These private writings not endorsed by Oracle. David E. Anderson/New Media Support/Oracle Corporation 415-506-6307 fax: 7809 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Richard K. Moore - •••@••.••• - Wexford, Ireland CyberJournal: Cyberlib temporarily unavailable Cyber-Rights: http,ftp://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/Library/ Materials may be reposted in their _entirety_ for non-commercial use. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
