`Clear and present danger'?(Commentary)(Forum)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: April 7, 1996 | Copyright information

Arianna Huffington makes several good points in her March 16 commentary on the looming battles over the Communications Decency Act. In particular, the vociferous arguments that have been be made alleging abridgment of rights granted under the First Amendment are bound to capture the lion's share of the media attention.

While Mrs. Huffington's prescriptions for countering this argument are certainly valid, there is another, more poignant, rationale that may even appeal to the liberal preoccupation with directing and regulating the lives of those less virtuous than they.

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