Tuesday, August 24, 1999, 3:35:05 AM, Michael Sondow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> The following Ministerial Media Release is available at:

> http://www.dcita.gov.au/cgi-bin/trap.pl?path=4226 

> ACLU president insults Australia 
> The President of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Nadine
> Strossen, 
> yesterday described Australia as a "global village idiot" because it
> has 
> tried to protect children from illegal material on the internet. 

> Terry O'Connor, Minister's office 

Always nice to see them taking comments and twisting them like this
:)

The ACLU President got it right, their Draconian measures are way
overboard, and in the US would never stand up to constitutional
muster.  Too bad the Australians' didn't have the foresight to
institute such protections.


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