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Sent from: mjmc@whitepine.com (MJ McEvoy) This was sent to me by freinds at WORT-FM, a community radio station in Madison, WI who are becoming more active in this. It sounds like a good plan. Mike >Sent-From: gazissax@best.com (Joel and Lynn GAzis-SAx) >Date: Fri, 09 Feb 96 20:42:34 GMT > >Permission to repost granted. > >THOUGHTS ON GANDHIAN RESISTANCE TO THE CDA RIDER > >The Son of Communications Decency Act presents us with a perfect opportunity >for putting Gandhian principles to work. This short article quickly covers a >series of relevant actions. > >1.) Nothing you do should be anonymous. If you choose to post nudity or >other material, do it in your own name. You want to invite prosecution! >Anonymous postings and the flow of material through them are easy to stop. >Tens of thousands of normal postings from sites all over the country are not. > >2.) Should the government start prosecuting individuals, do not be cowed into >withholding material. Keep posting what you've been posting. > >3.) Seek out pieces in technical violation of the law instead of blatant >pornography. A few examples: pictures of works of art such as the Venus de >Milo; human rights accounts of the rapes in Bosnia (much of Amnesty >International's materials are now "indecent" under the new law -- how do we >communicate the horror?); quotations from online literature, especially >classics; birth-control information; pro-Life material; AIDs awareness >material; anthropological studies on incest and circumcism; etc. Post >comments to newsgroups and set up web pages with this material. > >4.) If you set up a protest web-page, please let me know. I will not link >pornography, but if it is a valuable page (like those mentioned above), I will >place it at: > > http://www.best.com/~gazissax/silence/shame.html > >5.) If you are prosecuted, let the rest of us know. Many net citizens will >be willing to help pay for your defense and a few lawyers might come forward >to help you on a pro bono basis. > >The main idea is to flood the government with SO MANY cases that enforcement >of the law becomes impossible. This is a stupid law and it calls for >provoking the government into stupid actions. Many in the FCC are probably >sympathetic to us and may initiate prosecution for no other reason than to put >the law to a well-deserved constitutional test. Do not consider the FCC your >enemy. Give them lots of evidence and force them to take action. > >Regards, >Joel GAzis-SAx > >************************************************************************ >Joel and Lynn GAzis-SAx Main email: gazissax@best.com >lynn@elan.com http://www.best.com/~gazissax/ >gazissax@netcom.com Visit Alsirat: >jsax@igc.apc.org http://www.best.com/~gazissax/alsirat.html >The Marx Brothers@Darkweb (Joel) Whoopi@Darkweb (Lynn) >************************************************************************ // WhitePine Consulting http://www.whitepine.com // PO Box 721 info@whitepine.com // Madison, WI 53701 voice +1.608.277.5540 TDD +1.608.277.5544 // Providing LINUX and GNU support for small business and non-profits