COPA and DOPA on the ROPA
Representative Mike Fitzpatrick, a Republican from Pennsylvania is introducing a bill called DOPA or Delete Online Predators Act. This legislation will make it illegal for children to access social websites like MySpace from public Internet terminals like schools and libraries.
FIrst off, I was born in Pennsylvania and would like to apologize to all fo the loony-toonyness that seems to orginate from that state. Secondly, note to Republicans--you are not losing ground because you're not crazy ENOUGH.
Remember COPA? The Clinton administration pushed a law called COPA (the Childs Online Protection Act) forcing librarans to put filters on library computers to block "objectionable" material. The Supreme Court struck it down. They said it was illegal.
What's the point of all of these heavyhanded attempts to stop people from doing what they want to do anyway? MySpace is hugely popular among kids, who put a lot of personal data up there. Okay, bad idea. It makes them a target. So why aren't the parents teaching their kids not to do this? Why do the nutcases always want the government to get involved and take over when their parenting skills fall short?
Most of all, what happened to the Republican party that believed in a balanced budget and a less intrusive government?
Posted on May 11, 2006
