The question is not what *should* be banned, but do we want the government to have this control? They are scared because they can't control the net, unlike the subtle controls they can place on the existing media.
Indeedy richary, and But Of Course We don't want an idealistic govenment (served by so many folk who would never cut it in the Real World) busy leaving briefcased encased DVD backups of blacklists on the bus/train seat on the way home, or looking up the browsing habits of their hated next door neighbore.
I choose to deem this threat/promise/whatever of a national filtering scheme as a suitable carrot (or stick) to The Clever to come up with something that will forever take the internut beyond the control of ANY government short of destruction/jamming of the global communications systems.
Considering Mark's roots towards the end of the FIDO heyday, and FIDOnet's roots full-stop, I'm kinda disappointed at his current windmill tilt considering where this ill-advised government threat can really take us in terms of birthing something new and better.
If a NNN (national net nanny) makes us wanna make and make a better internut, then count me in !
regarDS
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