4 - The Michigan Daily - Monday. June 28, 1999
Edited and managed by Eiix Az IIFNB.AL'\ NICK VO0MER
stdntVt.h Editor in Chiof Editorial Page Editor
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cl discoveries of the twecniecth cc itinry.
Rackiham continues to seirve as a 1l1ce
wxhere many of the world's Ificest intcllIc
tuals continue to comre and speak. Soinc of"
the century's most influential cultural
shapets, from Eleanor Roosevelt, to
Martin Luther King, Jr. to Bob Dylan to
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oriher ochoolo.I opec ily alter seein cx e-
cral tistitutions, many stuclertis'most lucid
memcoies are of campus architecture.
Vshen various institutions are comparedt,
arcititecture can serve as a guide anda
reminder of an institution's othe'r details.
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Clinton, Senate should
Thie Utnited States' trotoriouioly cxpcn-
sive aind unrsuccessfuil war oin drugs
has drawni its lair shrare of criticisim siince
its inception duinig thre Reagair era. Tire
drulgxxar-Ihas sex ei dl racist implicaiohns -
police lri ?ti irorir les-a nodsenreit-i
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natrhorw smotl'rr largelinitclehcsim-
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palv; beatsethy; alec sttit e cas!
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as bltn t ~i 01 fprolrgt otk
An ex.t)tJJtLecdimayntie ciisitral
debate Tluisoaditoldd b ae olAird
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pres ofIabusl ofthel wst h 0by11 eyseizro e
thad rited10Stoaftes actrney'scorfifceillo
Houston of tire Red Carpet Motel. Tirere
were ito allegations that the iranragemtet
Nn the war Irrespni
support seizure reform Regulating obscenity
Itad failed to imrpleimett"securtytv re t ni August 1,aMtcltigant la'w soill ho
sctres"dicltted by law-enfrfscemtent of~l- utile to stietchlfr iactosstlhe couintry
cis.--- if Gov. JohntEngrc and certainr state
WXt~ith agrowoinrg itumber ott cases inr legislatoro havec the itr a1.Ire lawwhliclh
wohichr people guilty of ito crimte raxe lhrod xxwas sponotredcc by Sen. iBevecily
their assets seized, tlre I'iso ittakers adloptredi lamitrstottom (P A ciltcanrce C ii-ke
il ItI hat touilcid cii 10)O rltel to koing55lt r iittii" cibs cetie ,irtit11
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Attrts'po),ver had. been frighotenm- seb site for iartists. Te ibasis cit the sntit is
iiftly attd substantially increaed over te tat the laxw violartes thte U. S.
pltdecade; broadetred to thre point thalt Ctonstitultiont'sC'omomrerce Clause -thte
federal anrd state authtorities htave the powxer law woould requite aninldividual itn anotht-
to seize houses, cars, cashr and otirer mrajor er state wioth a Inernet site to puibiislh
assets-- all before obtaitintg criiminal coir'- Itccordintg to MVIP.1tigatr standards.,
victiolts. Ittexitable abuses of power lead to ttn face, thec laws tily s ent appropri-
tlte r iggesled legislation to reiritpose limrits ate, but atsxvit all atctto pto to legislatte
Oil selioros. coirtenmt (ilth ie Internet, it is fraugiht soith I
Cleatrly, Conogress ovas imore iinterested peril atnd sets a lootrible. precedlent for rteincmangtrosmndepilydug asgefsmlrlwsnohrsae.
trai- iektnc.thtaln cixvil liberties issues whliet ITIe law is a clear altenpt otr the palrt of'1
the wa0lsr ss first rtdoitted 1in e 19O70s. gov erntment to legislate mtotrality.atndi does
I Ie rt s t d 011ci iilierlies ---twhat mitt acktoxo lehdge the tigitt of ntf lix idnals
cOir Oo Iyx 1 olt il cir back into attdpa'clr tobooies a liy01
tit I C ia ssie'0itwroi0ng thait threy ttt c o .he lir o' in tO ohr.It
tlol 'Ill-ili 1 r ill Ill _I f.0place. tpe of moatr ltol it fllthlr.' is
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seizui r1'fpoiblic pidperiy'arellt examptlle ly le:gally diet ted, t thie anl~Illtt'i~
of knee-jerk, hypet'-aetnsitive legislation couldi poteintiahly ho used to huort others- t
tat sietoitred frotm the wair ott drugs. s01c1 as bomob-mtaking instructiotns. t
Takitng somnie's dir because authorities Even worse, tire laov could potentially N
beliexe tire pcrsoin imay be dealing drugs is intake it illegal fur airyonto omrake avail-c
trot a soluition. able information widely regarded as toed-c
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is counterproductive
icabby ot culturally valid. Otnltire ditscus-
sionts or postintgs regardingtbirtih cotntrdol
or sexullly tranttsied diseases, or litera-
tre alconthclitncs of Tmec caurn andOii
f/in f/na'or esven tire Bitble itnld be
tbecoicri llegalbtlawos.
Incr1e'ing coulturaml divit iy
Soei e 4 .;.-'~ 0~o leardto litO1 '1 i'1110t1f{
ciut ei it: 1 oelIt is taive to ei:tlthat,
bec -s i l~lhy legils1100InS sefuoinl
1 o 'n i l " tts xxere to Iilic/lihe
al ho' 1oi m eli tdc o s old
utoicitldly ak rtlre i l 1net iard
1101y colsolte legilImti~neC ote
pros dci o'to belle thrat puiblisingir a site
010 thte Itntermnet 1s simplyn01ot mrth tire
Irisk.
The oipeno atnd deirocratic ntunre oif tine
Imnterntielrelies oil tire free flowosf0 ilfot-
toation betweeninitdividuals. E ven if otne
aceplts tine precarious argumenm thoat
obscenity is har mfdul, it woudld hoe very clif-
ficdult to prove thratthe potential harmts of
ovoiwng such mtaterial outweigh thtose of
reguiatitng the Itntertnet's cointet i cope-
cially wsith the advcint of softwsare am*
olhine services eimpowveritng paretnts to
prev entthibeir children from viewxitng sch
matter i.
Slioce thoe middiie of ltne id9) 9isthrere
hoaxe beem n matoy aletps onrthne panrrf
110awmkers 1 to tirtttoconitetIoinIthe
lilidrlet antollev have 'nlloitriun inte
samte ltrocros tht alsways arisesoh lanti-
oboce iity laoss. At best, tine limoe betoweent
thoe obseeoamnd threinoin-obscemmis0 x dO
loin, atdd itnto the eqduatidion a poplmation
wvitho ofteir coinflictinog values anodthre
diestructive fuitility of rcguiatling coirtent
on tire Internet becomes readiiy obvious.