In response to MikeyBoy entry about “obscenity or us” and I can’t help but laugh, yet realize that I’m agreeing with a lot of the statements he’s making. I definitely agree with what he states in his first paragraph, about how the government needs to regulate the First Amendment, and how America is suppose to “on top of the world”, yet we act like a bunch of jerks all the time. I have friends in Europe and Asia that absolutely can’t stand Americans and according to them “how stupid we and our laws are”. I asked a friend who lives in Hong Kong what he thought of about our law against obscenity and indecency (I told him about the CDA and COPA), and he couldn’t help but laugh at how ridiculous America is. Even though I don’t agree with his humor, what he said was true. He said that the CDA was a good idea, because it was designed to protect materials on the internet. But it was also a bad one because of our First and Fifth Amendment, which gives us our right to free speech and not incriminate ourselves. Also, he said that the fact that anyone at anytime can access anything on cyberspace, how will that law help? After chatting with him a bit more, I realized he was right, how will the law help? Maybe we need to make a new law that’s stronger and bolder
