[9060] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: sleaze
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rose Marie Holt)
Wed Dec 15 14:37:51 1993
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1993 11:35:17 -0800 (PST)
From: Rose Marie Holt <rmholt@u.washington.edu>
To: Ed Tully <tully@cscns.com>
Cc: Douglas Barnes <postman@lists.psi.com>, bzs@world.std.com,
In-Reply-To: <9312150254.AA12507@cns.cscns.com>
On Tue, 14 Dec 1993, Ed Tully wrote:
> The point that is being missed -- or avoided -- is that NO ONE IS EVEN
> ATTEMPTING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. We spend all our time worrying about
> sleaze. I think we can all agree that nude and provocative poses by 12
> year-olds performing oral sex is sleaze. Do it in the printed media, you go to
> jail. There are social norms in our society. why is the net excused from
> adhering to them?
There are also laws - as your above cited example. Normal people
offended by
the flagrant flaunting of these laws will try to catch technology and net
protocol up with the laws of their lands.
> too much sleaze, I pucker! and I haven't been told this once; I have been
> told it three times by three different school districts. That is a lot of
> lost accounts! even 10% of that is a lot of accounts! 5% is a lot of lost
And a loss of benefits to the potential customers.
P.S. to Doug the Wizard
Yes, it's an enormous task, becuase the net has
exploded in all
directions and dimensions. But if YOU throw up your hands and declare in
insoluble due to net complexity and size, others will solve the problem -
or attempt to - and maybe not in ways you approve of.
RM Holt
