[1498] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Use of Federal Funds
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex McKenzie)
Fri Oct 11 09:30:42 1991
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 91 8:59:11 EDT
From: Alex McKenzie <mckenzie@BBN.COM>
To: com-priv@psi.com
Barry Shein writes:
Or mail away for sexually explicit materials with a 29c stamp, if you
really want a "govt subsidy" spin on the whole thing.
Why couldn't your story just as easily flail against the postal or
phone system?
(Heck, ya ever see what happens when a kid wanders onto the federal
highway system in front of a speeding car? Amazing what trouble kids
can get into if left unattended.)
In fact, I wouldn't be shocked to find such info is contained in the
advertising carried by the Houston Chronicle. Do they let kids see the
Houston Chronicle Joe? No 900-SEX-LINE ads in the back, or, ahem,
those "personals"?
I think newspapers are delivered by the postal service at less than
cost. I think the US govenment subsidizes the postal service when it
runs in the red. Therefore it is likely that the government subsidizes
delivery of the Houston Cronicle. So surely it doesn't carry lingerie
ads or personal ads which anyone would find offesive; if it did Joe
would refuse to work there, right?
Alex McKenzie
