FC: Neal Horsley, "Abortion Abolishionist," replies to Politech

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Previous Politech messages:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-04940.html
http://www.politechbot.com/p-04942.html

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From: "Neal Horsley" <nhorsley () wechooselife net>
To: "'Peter Hollings'" <phollings () alum mit edu>
Cc: <declan () well com>, <lessig () pobox com>, <info () eff org>
Subject: RE: "Abortion Abolishionist" given 5 pm deadline to delete websites
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 06:52:44 -0400
Organization: We Choose Life

I just realized who this connects to so I'll avail myself of the
opportunity.

The public utility basis for government oversight of the Internet is
obvious to anyone who looks and, if reason and logic are to play a part
in the future of the USA, one way or another will become the basis for
Internet law.  But the most urgent danger facing this nation is the
courts' willingness to use the Internet to train we the people to be
afraid to yell fire even when there is one and nobody has noticed.

http://www.christiangallery.com/truethreat.html explains what I mean--if
it is still online.

I know it is weird and I don't claim to understand it, but the fact that
you guys are at least looking in this direction fills me with hope.

Neal

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Hollings [mailto:phollings () comcast net]
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 10:09 PM
To: nhorsley () wechooselife net
Cc: declan () well com; lessig () pobox com; info () eff org
Subject: Re: "Abortion Abolishionist" given 5 pm deadline to delete
websites


Although I may not agree with the positions expressed on your websites,
I believe you have a right to express them on the Internet.  My analogy
is that the Internet is a public utility to which all must have the
right of access, regardless of political belief.  Would it be acceptable
for an electrical utility or a phone company to cut off a subscriber
because of their political opinion? I think not.  I believe that this is
a position that needs to be enshrined in our country'e legal canons --
by litigation, if necessary.

Peter Hollings

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From: "Matt Del Vecchio" <mdelvecchio () visi com>
To: <declan () well com>
Subject: RE: "Abortion Abolishionist" given 5 pm deadline to delete websites
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 23:43:03 -0500

Hi Declan,

(I would reply to your "Correction to 'Abortion Abolishionist's' hosting
service" email, but I've lost it.
http://www.politechbot.com/p-04942.html)

In that above link, you mentioned the corrected host of the sites is
Houston's "Everyones Internet". Interestingly, I just came across them
in in the news: NYT/Yahoo's "Hackers Hijack PC's for Sex Sites"
(http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nyt/20030711/ts_nyt/hack
ershijackpcsforsexsites).

In that story, it mentions some ghostware that sends SPAM and other pr0n
stuff from an unspecting user's computer. A clip:

"The current version of the ring is not completely anonymous, since the
hijacked machines download the pornographic ads from a single Web
server. According to the computer investigators, that machine apparently
is owned by Everyones Internet, a large independent Internet service
company in Houston".

I'd never heard of this company by name until twice this week.


matt




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