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To: president@whitehouse.gov
From: David Strozzi <dstrozzi@princeton.edu>
Subject: Internet Censorship
Cc: peterlin@princeton.edu
Status: R

Mr. President,

I would like to express my great disappointment at your signing into law of
the new telecommunications act.  The specific provisions that irk me are
those allowing for the effective censorship of the Internet.  I would have
thought that anyone with at least one or two neurons (I hope you don't have
to look that big word up) would realize that imposing regulations on the
fasting-growing and more free medium of speech, the Internet, that don't
apply to print media is unfair, irrational, debilitating to the internet,
and stupid.  I wonder how much money Playboy, Penthouse, and directors of
XXX movies have paid both major parties to prevent competition in the "smut"
arena from electronic sources.

Mr. Clinton, you were a Rhodes Scholar at one point.  I thought you would
understand not only the possibilities the Internet holds for the entire
planet in general but have a particular appreciation of its potential for
academia.  Now, my professors, my colleagues, and every researcher using the
Internet has to think twice before sending e-mail, transferring a file, or
even posting a picture of samples of his controversial artistic work (which
the government allows, and even condones, in other media [cf. Mr.
Maplethorp]) on his homepage.  I hoped you'd realize what a handicap these
new regulations would place on the Internet; oh well, I guess I was wrong!

I would concluse with certain explitives, but perhaps the the Thought Police
would come after me (that's an allusion to "1984," which apparently you've
never read).

Disgustedly yours,

David Strozzi
Physics Major
Class of 1999
Prineton University
dstrozzi@princeton.edu