[eli@xnet.com: Child XXX (fwd)]

"Robert J. Brown" (rj@ELI.WARIAT.ORG)
Fri, 25 Oct 1996 14:54:50 -0500


>>>>> "Ray" == Ray Harrell <harrell@execpc.com> writes:

    Ray> It's a shame that anyone should be subjected to this kind of
    Ray> solicitation, but it's a fact in our world. The unfortunate
    Ray> thing about all of this is if the sender actually lives
    Ray> outside of the USA, he cannot be punished by US law...

    Ray> Some foriegn countries do not have laws against child
    Ray> pornography, and therefore do not govern what their citizens
    Ray> place on the internet. Being a world-wide system, anyone in
    Ray> any city in the world that owns (or has access to) a computer
    Ray> with a modem can download and "enjoy" this child pornography.

This is a very good point.  The international legal issues arising out
of international commerce in the internet will greatly accelerate the
clamor for one world government.  "When you see these things come to
pass, look up for your redemption draweth nigh."  (I actually wrote a
song based on that verse a few years ago.)

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