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Senator Exon was very clever.  He used a book of pictures downloaded from 
usenet (a sophisticated forum containing over 16,000 news-groups), frome
groups such as alt.sex.binaries.bondage (any innocent child would 
accidentally read this), using a "cut here, uudecode, view with a special 
GIF reader..." type of protocol, from a server that carries every type of 
newsgroup (for which you must have a user account), and forgot to mention 
that the Terms of the server account included a stipulation that you were 
over 18, provided a credit card number, and had to use a passworded account.

He pointed out that 10 children were lured into actual "contact" 
molestation experiences through their activities on the internet.

Based on statistical instances of actual incest/molestation, there is 
more cause to shut down Christian Churches, the Boy Scouts, the 4H club, 
and all summer camps, than there is to censor the internet.

Pedophiles don't go to forums populated with primarily adult males, to 
pick up children.  They join organizations where they will be placed in 
positions of trust and are in close proximity to many children and few 
adults.  The best target professions for molestors would be "Sunday 
School teacher", "Boy scout troop leader", "Den Master", "Little League 
Coach", or "Summer Day Camp councillor".

Having spent 15 years as a volunteer working with a group of adults where 
95% have been incested, molested, or raped, I have some idea of what I'm 
talking about.

	Rex Ballard
	Standard & Poor's/McGraw-Hill
	Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect
	the Management of the McGraw-Hill Companies.




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