Keep free speech alive on the Internet

shanek said:
Looking at all these replies to Claus, I'm hoping now that people see the extents to which he labors for points to use against me...
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Yep. I stand by my earlier point.
 
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shanek said:
No. There are two equivalent bills in the House, H.R.1605 and H.R.1606, but they're still in committee.
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Are there people in Congress who do want to regulate Internet speech? Who are they? The public needs to know who these SOBs are.

And just for clarification, this bill would exempt the internet from the current "campaign finance" laws correct?
 
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Tony said:
Are there people in Congress who do want to regulate Internet speech? Who are they? The public needs to know who these SOBs are.
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I guess we'll find out when the votes are cast.

And just for clarification, this bill would exempt the internet from the current "campaign finance" laws correct?
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Yep.
 
Grammatron said:
Just wanted to quote like this so you see how little sense you are making when you post.
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Please don't, I don't want to read his bull****.
 
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sackett said:
I've heard a worse anecdote. Politicians of course have helpers. One of the helpers' jobs is to sort incoming mail into piles: one pile FOR a measure, another pile AGAINST the measure. The heights of the piles allow the politician to assess at a glance how his mail is running on a particular issue. This method offers at least a crude kind of efficiency.

With email, the helpers would have to compile numbers of messages pro and con, and then get the boss to read them and do the arithmetic. Ugh. Too much like work.

Yes, snail mail is better.
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I would say this is likely untrue also. They are going to cast the vote that will benefit them personally, and also their party. For example - Let's say a bill comes up to outlaw abortion. And let's say that soon-to-be-indicted-felon Tom DeLay (a Republican religious fundie) gets 10000 letters from his constituants telling him to vote NO, to keep abortion safe and legal, and 17 telling him to vote YES, to outlaw abortion.

Which way will he vote? (Note: if you say NO, I have a bridge to sell you)

For this reason, I will not waste my time contacting my Senator (whoever he/she is).
 
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Shera said:
I've heard in the past (anecdotal evidence) that senators pay more attention to "snail mail" than to their e-mail. The reason being that e-mail was simply just to easy to send off ... (hey I didn't say I agreed with the reason..)

Does anyone know if this is still true?
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Most likely it is. You see the reason that E-mails, letters and demonstrations matter and senators don't just use polls, is that they show that you feel strongly about the issue, while answering a pollster shows no such thing. The stronger somebody feels about an issue the more likely it is to affect their vote. and the more strongly they feel the more trouble they'll go to in order to protest. So since E-mails are easier then regular mails, they show less commitment, and therefore they have less of an impact.
 
What I think is really silly are those sites that have an entire letter written out, and all you have to do is type your email address into the "from" field, and the site sends it off. Could it be any more clear that you don't really care?
 
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