You knew it was going to be a bad day for cyberspace when Sen. James Exon invoked both heaven and hell in pleading his amendment to the sprawling telecommunications bill that would delete free speech from the Internet. Heaven came in the form of a prayer, custom crafted by the Senate chaplain, thanking God for giving us computers and petitioning for wisdom in regulating their use. Hell was embodied in a thick blue binder stuffed, we were told, with shocking graphics obtained by venturing into the Stygian back alleys of the Information Highway."
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