Goldinc Supports Decency in all Public Forums

Gulfcoast On-Line Development strongly supports the intent of the Computer Decency Act. Those who think that this is a free speech issue just don't understand, or perhaps haven't read, the legislation.

Consider:

Can anyone post a pornographic image on a billboard next to an Interstate Highway?
Can anyone undress on a street corner and parade around reciting the amendments to the US Constitution?
Can anyone stand up in a crowded theatre and shout "those 7 words" ?

Well, yes, they can -- but should they?

Please, Ladies and Gentlemen, please. Let's make the Internet safe for children. Encrypt your indecent material or distribute it through private forums. The technology is in place. One need not use the public forums of the Internet.

The Internet, like the future, belongs to the children.

Before you join the lemmings in their march to the sea of Black Backgrounds, perhaps you should actually read the text of the Communications Act of 1996. Decide for yourself.
Basically, the act criminalizes the knowing transmission of "indecent" materials to minors over the Internet and the transmission of information with the intent to "annoy or harass" another person.

Bill Maloy
8 February 1996

I'm sorry to see that you haven't updated your Decency page since 8 
February.  A lot has happened during that time.

While I agree that there is a problem, I believe that legislation such 
as the disputed portions of the CDA are not the answer.  I have already 
suggested to the Christian Coalition and the Family Research Center that 
the way to solve the problem of astonishing search results is to sponsor 
a search engine that eliminates links to adult material.

This proposal has two benefits:  (1) it keeps kids from tripping over 
inappropriate material, and (2) it speeds searches by children 
(students) to the material they were looking for in the first place.

I welcome your reply.

Stephen S.

I'm sorry to see that you haven't updated your Decency page since 8 
February.  A lot has happened during that time.

The page was written as a letter -- an appeal for decency in public forums.

While I agree that there is a problem, I believe that legislation
such as the disputed portions of the CDA are not the answer.

Of course it is not.

This proposal has two benefits:  (1) it keeps kids from tripping over 
inappropriate material, and (2) it speeds searches by children 
(students) to the material they were looking for in the first place.

In my opinion, there is no substitute for restraint on the part of the author.

Updated, 17 June 1996