I only agree partially. On the other hand, US government put censorship on the whole Internet, if anyone could remember what happened during US bombing of the Serbs. The news said that a virus sent NATO secrets to an ICQ site, which was quickly deleted by an USA robot, and the robot notified government angecies of the discovery and the results. The same news claimed that the whole Internet is been checked every 10 minutes by various government programs. From TV, FRI (or CIA) experts publicly demostrated how they could trace a message from one end of the world to another end of the world. There was another news said that US government put on filters on Internet to search keywords, such as weapon.
Since I am too old to be naive, I wonder what else would be on the filter list, or inside the robot programs. Let's hope whoever has the power to control information on Internet only do it for legitimate purpose. But, I know that I asked for too much. Tony "Dominick Marino" wrote: >I agree with Joseph Brunner. > >To compare the two is absurd! The Chinese will use the technology to >suppress the truth from becoming known to the people ( peasants to the >elite). It is also a good way to find the subversives and eliminate them. > >As for the US government monitoring the traffic, I doubt that they plan on >killing anyone for their selection of web sites. > >Unless they are terrorists, then, if they want, I will supply the bullets >myself. > >Dom Marino > > > > > > > >""B.J. Wilson"" wrote in message >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... >> An interesting article I came across this morning: >> >> >http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/000/922dgmtd.a >> sp >> >> Comments? -- __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=36137&t=35946 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
