On Thu, 13 Jul 1995, Chip Bayers wrote:

> 
> >Yes.  It is a teapot tempest hiding the nature of the real dispute.  Let's
> >go on to something real......namely, what is the best method for getting
> >the Senate CDA corrected in the House version?  This is worthy of some
> >serious work. Whining about Rimm is not.
> 
> A lot of folks on this list cover online as their beat. Whether you believe
> the Time story was balanced or not, whether you believe the Rimm report was
> accurate or not, cyberporn and the fallout from the Time coverage are both
> BIG stories.

Cyberporn is a BIG story.  The fall-out from the Time coverage is fairly 
minor. In many, perhaps most markets, it is non-existant.

> And if you _would_ like the members of this list to get to
> "something real" and find "the best method for getting the Senate CDA
> corrected in the House version," you shouldn't whine about discussion of
> Rimm or his report. Rimm and the Rimm report are going to be waved in your
> face by the defenders of the CDA. 

The issue won't be won or lost by story waving.  There needs to be a sane 
rewrite offering alternative means that will satisfy opponents and 
proponents alike.  Putting the focus on Rimm will not save us from a 
poorly crafted CDA.  Working on a reasonable compromise with friends in 
the House will.  

> Anyone with half a brain who wants to
> defeat the CDA should be saying as many times as possible "Rimm is a flim
> flam artist," 

Nonsense.  This activity does zip.  Rimm has little or no bearing on the
CDA issue, and trumpeting this "mau-mau" call to rythmic drumbeat won't do
much for defining either the language or the votes --- but it might help 
your web traffic -- is that the actual point? 

Brock Meeks, as a stylist, can be quite amusing.  But his interpretive 
perceptions are frequently not persuasive to this reader.  

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