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wolfmage
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response 75 of 87:
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Mar 15 21:07 UTC 1995 |
Applauding #74.
I'm not a big conspiracy buff . . .but hidden agendas seem to be coming out in
the open. It's almost like they power mongers in DC aren't even trying to be
subtle anymore. I'm old enough to remember Watergate, and at the time it rocked
the entire nation down to the roots. (for the younger GREXXERS, picture the OJ
Simpson trial to the tenth power) Now, what was a scandal in the Watergate era
is common practice. To avoid a messy cover up modern politicians and
demagogues sneak legislation through so their particular brand of tyranny and
crime is perfectly legal for them and their duly elected cronies. There's a
whole lot of scary stuff going on out there. With the information of the
Internet at our disposal we are in a key position to become the new watchdogs
of our age. It's time to examine the uses of this medium as a tool to found,
direct and inform. If the power is to return to the people, it will be from the
watchdogs on the 'Net.
Watch for a new Agora item to appear SOON. I just found out about another
assault on personal freedom that the Power Elite are trying to slip past
us as we sit transfixed by OJ Simpson, and the Copperfiled/Schiffer fiasco.
Think Free, Live Free.
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nephi
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response 76 of 87:
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Mar 15 21:30 UTC 1995 |
<applauding 74 and 75>
Copperfiled/Schiffer fiasco? Wassat?
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wolfmage
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response 77 of 87:
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Mar 16 16:00 UTC 1995 |
Sorry about the vague reference there Nephi. David Copperfiled (YES! the mis-
spelling is deliberate because of the way he chisels through other artist's
work to 'make his magic' . . .trust me on this one, it's a long story) and
Claudia Schiffer (the Guess Jeans Girl ad nauseum) are engaged. The media is
trying to turn them into the Amewrican royal family with all the press they
get. I used that as a sad example of how the media would rather spoon feed
us drivel than give us the real news.
Maybe I should have used something a little more accessible.
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ajax
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response 78 of 87:
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Mar 16 16:38 UTC 1995 |
I read about another scary senate bill too, in the S380's or 390's...it
sounds like it allowed the president, without any checks or balances or
possibility of appeal, to declare any group to be "terrorist," and to allow
full-blown espionage and sanctions against any such group. However, the
description I read was a biased summary of the bill, not the bill itself.
Does it sound like the one you mentioned in response 75, Kenn?
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bunn
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response 79 of 87:
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Mar 16 16:58 UTC 1995 |
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aruba
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response 80 of 87:
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Mar 17 04:38 UTC 1995 |
Hi Mary, welcome to Grex!
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vsclyne
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response 81 of 87:
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Mar 24 13:30 UTC 1995 |
This topic proves cyberspace is dangerous to the traditional legislative
process. There's hope.
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popcorn
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response 82 of 87:
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Mar 24 17:08 UTC 1995 |
I heard today that the Exon bill is being changed to put the
responsibility for the content of messages on the person who writes
the message, rather than on the computer system that transmits the
message. This isn't great, but it's a lot better, IMHO.
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ajax
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response 83 of 87:
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Mar 24 17:42 UTC 1995 |
Hmm...how does that differ from now? I mean, Jake Baker is responsible for
his messages....
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gregc
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response 84 of 87:
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Mar 24 21:29 UTC 1995 |
Rob, what does Jake Baker have to do with the Exon bill?
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nephi
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response 85 of 87:
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Mar 25 06:00 UTC 1995 |
Gregc:
Jake Baker is responsible for his messages.
The new version of the Exon bill will make people responsible for
their messages.
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ajax
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response 86 of 87:
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Mar 25 19:11 UTC 1995 |
Exactly - Jake is responsible for message content today, Exon will make
people responsible for message content in the future (#82), so how would
Exon change things from today?
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scg
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response 87 of 87:
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Apr 2 00:31 UTC 1995 |
Exon says the bill is a response to the Jake Baker situation.
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