Archive for June, 1997

SILLY WAXMAN, PORN IS FOR KIDS

June 16, 1997

“The Internet is a revolutionary means for displaying sexually explicit, patently offensive material to children in the privacy of their own homes.”

Deputy Solicitor General Seth Waxman arguing for the government in Reno v. ACLU, New York Times, 16 June 1997

THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD

June 13, 1997

“The Net used to be only really a domain for hackers, scientists, and Unix-heads.”

Marc Andreessen, Netscape DevCon, 11 June 1997

LATE, REALLY LATE, THERE-GOES-MY-KARMA CAPITALISM

June 12, 1997

“The new enlightenment is money.”

Gita Mehta, Forbes, 16 June 1997