Subject: {SKAD} [Fwd: Senad: OT/ObS: US Govt Alert] Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 21:36:52 -0700 From: Rauhnee Ranshanka Reply-To: sk_adult@PEAK.ORG Organization: Shadowynd Consortium To: "ML: Slash: All_Slash_Discution" , "ML: Slash: SkullySlash" , "ML: Slash: Slash" , "ML: Slash: Slash-Writers" , "ML: Slash: SlashFen" , "ML: Slash: SlashKink" , "ML: Slash: SmuttyFic" , "ML: ScullyKink" , "ML: Stargate" , "ML: Stargate: Gateway" , "SWAT Kats: Adult" My apologies if anyone sees this twice (or more) and the cross-posting, but I think it's important. Forwarded from the Senad list with permission. The data is at the end if you want to skip the Obsenad snippet. ----------------- Rauhnee Ranshanka; Katmin: MegaKat City Nexus ListHood SWAT Kat, Greeter and Snippet Gatekat http://www.peak.org/~dragon/index.html ***************************************************************** "Hope has three daughters -- Anger, Courage and Panic. Anger at the way things are, Courage to work to make things other than they are, and Panic to get things moving." ----------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Senad: OT/ObS: US Govt Alert Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 00:15:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Caitlin Mackay Shaw To: senad@list1.channel1.com The clack of computer keys being slapped with too much force brought Blair Sandburg awake faster than his alarm clock ever could. "Hey, man," he said, rising from the couch, "When I said you could borrow my laptop, I didn't think you'd be savaging it." A heavy sigh answered him, then Jim reached out and turned the laptop off. He stood, walked into the kitchen, and retrieved an iced tea from the fridge with short, jerky movements. Blair was hardly surprised to see his jaw twitching angrily as he crossed the living room and flung open the windows without a word. "Hey," Blair said again, more gently this time. "Jim. What was it?" "Nothing, Chief. Just my natural cynicism being proved right again." Blair leaned against the windowsill and waited for more. Jim sighed again. "Congress is trying another version of the CDA." "I thought the courts said they couldn't regulate porn on the internet." "Yeah, well, since when do government officials feel bound by the Constitution?" Jim set his tea on the windowsill and leaned out toward the Cascade skyline. "They've got *their* smut posted in the Starr report; now they want to shut everyone else's down." "I've been keeping those NC-17 stories we write on a GeoCities website, man. Do you think we're in danger?" "Probably," Jim said. "The bill says 'commercial' websites, and GeoCities has those stupid pop-up ads." He picked the tea up again and held the cold glass against his forehead, eyes closed and jaw tensed. "I spent ten years on the edge of *dying* for this country, Sandburg, but sometimes I'm just so ashamed of being a part of it that I don't know what to do." Blair rubbed his partner's back soothingly. "The same things any of us can do, man: write to Congress and spread the word." "Yeah," Jim said sadly. He wrapped an arm tightly around his guide, and Blair leaned into him to offer as much comfort as he could. * * * Here's the info (courtesy of a member of Hercfic, via a member of ASCEM): ******************************************** Yesterday (September 23, 1998), a House comittee passed a bill enforcing curbs on allowing access to Net material that is 'harmful' to children under 17. This is *very* bad, as this so-called 'Child Online Protection Act' next goes to the full House-- and then, maybe, to the Senate. You can get details about it at http://www.sjmercury.com/breaking/docs/040505.htm and then go find out what to do about it at http://www.aclu.org/action/cda2.html This post may be forwarded to other fan lists. ******************************************* Other places to get info are: http://www.eff.org http://www.senate.gov/home.html http://www.house.gov/ --cmshaw, feeling a little heartsick today at having to be a political radical just to live her sex-positive lesbian life in peace