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Andy sent: Thursday, October 08, 1998 7:40 AM
[whole lot of editing]
And exploring of what logical consistency in the below policies means:
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Subject: "Introducing American Family Online"
Currently AFO blocks over 730,000 offensive sites. What do we filter? We
currently filter PORNOGRAPHY
Oops. Guess that means no Bibles on line
AND SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL
Ditto.
ONLINE GAMBLING SERVICES - ANY SITE ENCOURAGING THE USE OF RECREATIONAL OR
ILLEGAL DRUGS –
a..
b..
NUDITY - CRUDE AND VULGAR VOCABULARY
There’s goes the bible again, along with the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
But that’s Catholic so maybe that’s OK.
- ANY PICTURES OR GRAPHICS
DEPICTING VIOLENCE TO HUMANS OR ANIMALS
A bunch more religious art. What's the name of that saint with all the arrows
stuck in him?
And of course, there’s any depiction of the crucifixion itself would be a
no-no.
- ANY SITE THAT HAS BEEN LABELED FOR ADULTS ONLY - DISCRIMINATION BASED ON
GENDER, RACE, RELIGION OR
NATIONALITY - CRIMINAL ENCOURAGEMENT OR ADVICE ON UNLAWFUL ACTS (BOMB MAKING,
LOCK PICKING, AND HACKING INFORMATION ARE EXAMPLES) - CRUDE HUMOR,
GRAPHIC MATERIAL OUTSIDE OF THE MEDICAL CONTEXT
There goes a bunch more art. No "Thinker", no "Discus Thrower", etc.
Hmm. And since they’ll have to block a great deal of Roman Catholic art, that
means AFA will have to block itself from itself for discrimination based on
religion since that’s a religiously based difference.
AND EXCRETORY FUNCTIONS –
And the Bible one more time
ONLINE CHATTING OF A FOUL AND/OR UNETHICAL NATURE WITH SITES OF NO EDITORIAL
CONTROL (USENET NEWS GROUPS).
Well, given the logical and evidential beating that the Xtians take in
cyber-space where there’s nowhere to hide, I can see why they’d want to sweep
that debacle under the rug.
Michael Fisher, aka Elfish Chimera, San Diego, California
"If you work at that which is before you, following right reason seriously,
vigorously, without allowing anything else to distract you, but keeping your
divine part pure, as if you were bound to give it back immediately; if you
hold to this, expecting nothing, but satisfied to live now according to
nature, speaking heroic truth in every word which you utter, you will live
happy. And there is no man able to prevent this."
--Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor and Stoic, from his MEDITATIONS, III, 12.---
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Andy sent: Thursday, October 08, =
1998 7:40=20
AM
[whole lot of editing]
And exploring of what logical consistency in the below policies =
means:
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Subject: "Introducing American Family Online"
Currently AFO blocks over 730,000 offensive sites. What do we filter? =
We=20
currently filter PORNOGRAPHY
Oops. Guess that means no Bibles on line
AND SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL
Ditto.
ONLINE GAMBLING SERVICES - ANY SITE ENCOURAGING THE USE OF =
RECREATIONAL OR=20
ILLEGAL DRUGS –
NUDITY - CRUDE AND VULGAR VOCABULARY
There’s goes the bible again, along with the ceiling of the =
Sistine=20
Chapel. But that’s Catholic so maybe that’s OK.
- ANY PICTURES OR GRAPHICS
DEPICTING VIOLENCE TO HUMANS OR ANIMALS
A bunch more religious art. What's the name of that saint with all =
the arrows=20
stuck in him?
And of course, there’s any depiction of the crucifixion itself =
would be=20
a no-no.
- ANY SITE THAT HAS BEEN LABELED FOR ADULTS ONLY - DISCRIMINATION =
BASED ON=20
GENDER, RACE, RELIGION OR
NATIONALITY - CRIMINAL ENCOURAGEMENT OR ADVICE ON UNLAWFUL ACTS (BOMB =
MAKING,=20
LOCK PICKING, AND HACKING INFORMATION ARE EXAMPLES) - CRUDE HUMOR,
GRAPHIC MATERIAL OUTSIDE OF THE MEDICAL CONTEXT
There goes a bunch more art. No "Thinker", no "Discus=20
Thrower", etc.
Hmm. And since they’ll have to block a great deal of Roman =
Catholic=20
art, that means AFA will have to block itself from itself for =
discrimination=20
based on religion since that’s a religiously based difference.
AND EXCRETORY FUNCTIONS –
And the Bible one more time
ONLINE CHATTING OF A FOUL AND/OR UNETHICAL NATURE WITH SITES OF NO =
EDITORIAL=20
CONTROL (USENET NEWS GROUPS).
Well, given the logical and evidential beating that the Xtians take =
in=20
cyber-space where there’s nowhere to hide, I can see why =
they’d want=20
to sweep that debacle under the rug.
Michael Fisher, aka Elfish Chimera, San Diego,=20
California
"If you work at that which is before you, following right reason =
seriously, vigorously, without allowing anything else to distract you, =
but=20
keeping your divine part pure, as if you were bound to give it back =
immediately;=20
if you hold to this, expecting nothing, but satisfied to live now =
according to=20
nature, speaking heroic truth in every word which you utter, you will =
live=20
happy. And there is no man able to prevent this."
--Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor and Stoic, from his MEDITATIONS, =
III,=20
12.---
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