ophile must be free topractice their pursuits in the presence of children on a taxpayer created and subsidizedcomputer network.3 People like this are the ones in the wrong. Taxpayer's dollars arebeing spent bringing obscene text and graphics into the homes of people all over theworld. The government must take control to prevent pornographers from using theInternet however they see fit because they are breaking laws that have existed for years.Cyberpunks, those most popularly associated with the Internet, are members of arebellious society that are polluting these networks with information containingpornography, racism, and other forms of explicit information. When they start rootingaround for a crime, new cybercops are entering a pretty unfriendly environment.Cyberspace, especially the Internet, is full of those who embrace a frontier culture that ishostile to authority and fearful that any intrusions of police or government will destroytheir self-regulating world.5 The self-regulating environment desired by the cyberpunks isan opportunity to do whatever they want. The Communications Decency Act is an attempton part of the government to control their "free attitude" displayed in homepages such as"Sex, Adult Pictures, X-Rated Porn", "Hot Sleazy Pictures (Cum again + again)" and"sex, sex, sex. heck, it's better even better than real sex"6. "What we are doing is simplymaking the same laws, held constitutional time and time again by the courts with regard toobscenity and indecency through the mail and telephones, applicable to the Internet."7 Tokeep these kinds of pictures off home computers, the government must controlinformation on the Internet, just as it controls obscenity through the mail or on the phone.Legislative regulations must be made to control information on the Internet because thedisplaying or distribution of obscene material is illegal. The courts have generally held thatobscenity is illegal under all circumstances for all a...
