1995-11-14 Sender: PHILIP STILLS temporarily <•••@••.•••> Greetings Cyber Rights; I just read your newsgroup article in comp.org.cpsr.talk, titled Censorship [cr-95/6/30] #1/3. I think you’d probably be interested in my situation. My friend kindly assisted me by loaning me his e-mail address so I could call for help because I have been suddenly cut off from … Read more…
1995-11-14 Sender: “David E. Anderson” <•••@••.•••> Marilyn, Your note (extracted below) scares me. It comes across as condescending, naive, and anti-rational and completely ignores the real issues. You sound like the famous Star Trek Next Generation creation, the Borg: “Resistance is futile. We shall assimilate you.” I even wondered if you were satirical until I … Read more…
1995-11-14 Sender: “W. Curtiss Priest” <•••@••.•••> CYBER-SOC on •••@••.••• Cyberspace Society Discussion List. Cyber-Soc is a global discussion list for the Cyberspace Society. This is a membership society. One joins the CS to be on the list. The CS was established to sustain the democratic mission and the universal right of the people to govern … Read more…
1995-11-14 Sender: “Mario Profaca, Freelancer; Zagreb, Croatia” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Croatian flag in Cyberspace Surfing all over Cyberspace I found many web sites were offering clickable flags of countries of the world. I used to click the Croatian one offered and so many times I was disappointed when a late communist flag of Socialist Republic of … Read more…
1995-11-14 Sender: •••@••.••• FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : November 13, 1995 CONTACT: BARRY FORBES (202) 393-2650 SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY MEDIA LEGAL CHALLENGE TO CABLE CENSORSHIP STATUTE Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it will review the constitutionality of a 1992 law authorizing cable company censorship of some types … Read more…
1995-11-13 Sender: •••@••.••• CONFERENCE COMMITTEE & STAFF RESOURCE LIST SENATE Leaders – Pressler & Hollings with area code & prefix 202-224 Telecommunication Industry BILL COMMITTEE MEMBER PHONE FAX PAC $ MAIN CONTRIBUTOR TITLES & Staff Larry Pressler (R-SD) 5842 103,165 LEC & RBOCs All Paddy Link, Donald McClelland, Katie King, Chip Pickering Ted Stevens (R-A) … Read more…
1995-11-13 Sender: •••@••.••• (Faye M. Anderson) //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TELEVISION BROADCASTERS: THE NEW WELFARE KINGS By Faye M. Anderson Everywhere you look in Washington these days, you’ll find someone who is out to end welfare as we know it. Problem is, the welfare programs that they want to reform tend to include just Aid to Families with … Read more…
1995-11-13 Sender: •••@••.••• (Allen L Marshall) >Sender: •••@••.••• (Glen Raphael) >This “greasing” is presumably done so that people attempting to steer >high-performance equipment onto the Information Highway skid off the >Information Embankment and crash into the Information Tree, producing an >Information Fireball. > >Can’t we find a better metaphor? This one has all the wrong … Read more…
1995-11-13 Pointer from moderator: A new organization has been founded to promote free speech in Iran. Their charter says: Democracy Network of Iran is a net-based network of individuals with focus on social, economical and political developments in Iran or in relation to Iran, advocating creation of truly democratic processes in political and social domains. … Read more…
1995-11-13 Sender: Jonathan Prince <•••@••.•••> I’ve checked this out and decided to participate. However I have have some misgivings about it. I wouldn’t exactly call it ‘democracy’, there is no way for electronic citizens to bring up the issues. Instead we are fed issues that Time/Warner (excuse me, Time/Warner/Turner!) decides are issues for us to … Read more…