[governance] Do We Need An Internet Zoning Law?

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

Roland and all,

  My response is interspersed below...

Roland Perry wrote:

> In message <48B8B4EC.579E3775 at ix.netcom.com>, at 19:48:13 on Fri, 29 Aug
> 2008, Jeffrey A. Williams <jwkckid1 at ix.netcom.com> writes
> >  I am afraid and disappointed now that dealing with adult content
> >or web sites whose theme is adult content, is in the hands of the
> >FCC, DOC/NTIA, and perhaps, the US supreme court.
>
> It seems to me that you want to regulate (certain) businesses. In the
> same way that casinos and liquor stores are regulated. Who would act if
> an illegal strip-club opened in your small town main street?

  The city council would shut it down, I can assure you IF it ever
was to receive a business license to open such a business in the
first place.

  Yet personally, I have no problem with Internet gambling, although
it needs to be properly provided for, and therefore regulated to
some degree.  The question is as an Internet Right, can this be
effected on a global basis and enforceable accordingly and effectively?
I believe the answer is yes, but it would be advisable if not necessary
that a government entity in each country have the necessary enforcement
authority to effect such.

  BTW, "strip clubs", ect. are not normally considered "Pornographic",
and certainly are not considered harbingers of "Child Porn" pre se.
Ergo arguments in of such are spacious at best...

>
>
> Who decides if slot machines are illegal in your airport departure
> lounge (and by what mechanism did Las Vegas decide differently)?
> Probably not IATA or even FAA.

  Certain types of gambling licenses are legal in the state of texas
under certain limited conditions based mostly on zoning.  The
mechanism in Las Vegas I believe but do not know for a certainty,
was by public passing in the state of Nevada to determine what
sort of gambling they wanted by voting upon such accordingly.
Certainly the IATA nor the FAA are necessarily directly involved
in such decisions, but in the case of airport slot machines they (FAA)
likely followed state law.  This is proper and in accordance with
most public determination.  If for instance a referendum ballot
was brought forward, which has been done in Texas on several
occasions regarding gambling licenses and several passed, than
that form of gambling under the restrictions of those licenses
governed by state law are allowed.

  So no, I am not for government regulation on a broad scale.
I do believe that some limited regulation is or may be advisable
and possibly even necessary for the greater good.  But such
IMO, should be determined by referendum vote by the governed.

>
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