[MD] On the road to serfdom

[Arlo Bensinger]

[Woods]
The debates on these will be endless once the regulation begins, and 
once this happens will we have to keep an eye on Congress and the 
President everyday, like we do now (in Australia no doubt too).

[Arlo]
I would expect the debates to be long and interesting, and to produce 
some strange bedfellows. As I said, the impetus to censor (with this 
particular legislation) draws its most ardent support from social 
conservatives (typically Republican politicians) who seek to censor 
the 'Net from child porn, "regular" porn, gambling and other 
"immoral" behaviors, backed by business (Yahoo!, Google and 
Microsoft, in this case) who are eager to protect themselves from the 
consequences of allowing open access to "dangerous" and "immoral" activity.