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Old 03-22-2007, 07:53 AM  
ElvisManson
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Looks like the government was using the excuse that parents are not responsible enough to look after their own kids, therefore they should go after the evil porno people..


"To defend the nine-year-old Child Online Protection Act, government lawyers attacked software filters as burdensome and less effective, even though they have previously defended their use in public schools and libraries.

"It is not reasonable for the government to expect all parents to shoulder the burden to cut off every possible source of adult content for their children, rather than the government's addressing the problem at its source," a government attorney, Peter D. Keisler, argued in a post-trial brief.

Critics of the law argued that filters work best because they let parents set limits based on their own values and their child's age"
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