jd@ttidca.UUCP (Joe Davida) (11/06/84)
Gentlemen, I read CCR's article regarding government interference in public and educational networks and was shocked to by its contents! My shock is not due to any restictions the proposed amendment would impose upon any of my accademic activities, as they are very limited, but to the precedent that such an amendment would set, if adopted. Which of our freedoms, that until now have been considered "fundamental", will be the next target of government censorship? I came to this country in 1970 and went to school, studied and worked hard to earn an M.S. degree. I am proud to say that I am now a citizen of the U.S. I escaped from a country ruled by a military dictatorship, without any freedoms to speak of. The ideals which I have come to admire and which have formed the foundation of the American form of government, are being destroyed by members of the government, whose attitude towards freedom are more in tune with the very dictatorship from which I escaped. If 'I' find the actions of Senator Helms shocking and un-American, how much more so those Americans born in America, who have enjoyed such freedoms all their lives?!!
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (11/08/84)
> > Gentlemen, I read CCR's article regarding government interference in > public and educational networks and was shocked to by its contents! > Shocked? Uninformed, you are. The proposed policy is and has been in effect for information transfer other then computer networks (such as International Technical Conferences). It's that they just realized that there is INFORMATION going around on computer nets. -Ron