[I wonder how Politech should be rated. Certainly we've had discussions even today (http://www.politechbot.com/p-02691.html) about violence that used foul language. Is Politech a news site? How about someone at Geocities who writes the occasional opinion article? How about www.madcowculture.com? Or www.mrlizard.com? --Declan]
******** From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FC: Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo endorse self-rating system at event today Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 12:00:19 -0400 On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 10:42:06 -0400, you wrote: >This self-rating idea was silly enough when it surfaced circa 1997, >and most of us thought it died a natural death. But no, silly ideas in >politics never do -- they devolve into trade associations instead. I know someone who writes slash (fanfic involving explicit, usually homosexual, sex). She conscientiously went through and rated all the pages on her site which contained anything inappropriate for children. Her webhost (Geocities, I think; I could be misremembering) promptly deleted those pages. Unrated pages on other websites on the same provider with similar content stayed up. -- Meredith Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Check out *Raven Days*: http://www.ravendays.org For victims and survivors of bullying. And for those who want to help. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
