FC: Replies to Feds getting way serious about "Chat Room Dangers"

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Tue May 07 2002 - 21:17:41 PDT

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    Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 12:55:33 -0700
    To: declanat_private
    From: Jim Warren <jwarrenat_private>
    Subject: Re: FC: Feds take matters firmly in hand: Hearing on "Chat 
    Room   Dangers"
    
    >WASHINGTON (May 7) - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on 
    >Telecommunications and the Internet hearing scheduled for Monday, May 13, 
    >2002, at 1:00 p.m. at the Kalamazoo Central High School, 2431 North Drake 
    >Road, Kalamazoo, Michigan has been relocated to the Kalamazoo Valley 
    >Community College M-Tec Facility in Oshtemo, Michigan.  This hearing is 
    >entitled "Chatting On-Line: A Dangerous Proposition for Children."
    
    Geee ... with a hearing-title like that ... do ya think maybe it'll be a 
    biased, prejudicial, "loaded" hearing?  Huh?  Huh?  Do ya?! <sigh>
    
    --jim
    
    Demagogue politicians need to make sure there are specters of terrifying 
    devils to horrify us.  Otherwise, we would too-easily be horrified by the 
    politicians.
    
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    From: "Thomas Leavitt" <thomasleavittat_private>
    To: declanat_private
    Subject: Re: FC: Feds take matters firmly in hand: Hearing on "Chat Room 
    Dangers"
    Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 15:08:15 -0700
    
    How about this:
    
    "Unsupervised Conversations With Complete Strangers: A Dangerous 
    Proposition for Children"
    
    or better yet:
    
    "Tips and Techniques for Responsible Parenting: Supervising Your Child's On 
    and Off-line Activities To Ensure Appropriate Behavior"
    
    or even better:
    
    "The Off Button: The Ultimate Tool for Parental Control"
    
    and finally:
    
    "Responsible Parenting: Getting To Know Your Children and Their Friends"
    
    All much more appropriate topics of discussion, IMHO.
    
    Regards,
    Thomas Leavitt
    
    
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