IP: The rule of the mob

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 23:20:32 -0400
>From: David Rosensweig <dlrosens@sas.upenn.edu>
>Organization: University of Pennsylvania
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>To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
>Subject: regulating internet content
>
>here are some discouraging numbers:
>
>According to the latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll, 65  percent say the
>federal government should do more to regulate violence on the Internet;
>12 percent say the government should do less to regulate violence on the
>Internet and 17 percent say that the government is doing the right
>amount to regulate violence on the Internet.
>
>http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/05/03/media.poll/
>
>unfortunately, not enough people realize the following, from a recent IP
>email:
>
> >The point to remember is that basic constitutional principles do not
> >    arise and disappear as each new technology comes on the scene. We
> > have  come to this conclusion rather slowly.
>
>the following is quote is from a friend:
>
>" Otherwise, Government becomes based on the whims of the majority, the
>same
>way that the tv entertainment industry relies upon ratings to determine
>the
>course of the tv show.  Would you want a government based on ratings?"
>
>and lastly, an NPR story on a student being expelled from school for
>expressing his displeasure with people who've beat him up.  what kid
>wouldn't be displeased?
>  http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/19990503.atc.04.ram
>
>david