First Amendment Update #44: new books
Chris Roth
FORWARDED FROM: /professional/law/first/supreme/clause(#707) From:croth(Chris
Roth)
8 October 1996
Opinion & Analysis
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IN THIS ISSUE:
JOURNALISM LITE WI schoolkids: from Flintstones vitamins to
Education Lite?
Professor Dave Berkman on election coverage
CNN Headline News & antiabortion agitators
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION four new books on freedom of expression
Professor Strossen on First Amendment
theories, erotica, MacDworkinism
de facto censorship: multinationals vs.
diverse marketplace of ideas
Feminists Against Censorship Web site
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE bird brain from West Virginia on
society, sky-gods, and cunnilingus
nutty statements by J.C. Watts & Tom Coburn
'71 Firesign Theater LP: inadvertent satire
of "creation science" nonsense?
from the audio archives:
parody of a bothersome religionist
DC: Catholic leaders diss separation of
church and state
irrational antiabortion messages on cable
DC: green light for RU-486
400+ Web links for humanists, skeptics,
agnostics, and nonbelievers
PRIVACY how to stop electronic junk mail & calls
WI: Data Privacy Project launched by
ACLU of WI
RIGHTS OF MINORS message to teenagers from the Youth
and Civil Liberties Project of ACLU of WI
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FOUR NEW BOOKS ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Author Title Publisher
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Richard Dooling _Blue Streak: Swearing, Free Speech, and Sexual Random
Harassment_ House
Laurence Marcus _Fighting Words: The Politics of Hateful Speech_ Praeger
J. M. Coetzee _Giving Offense: Essays on Censorship_ University
of Chicago
Press
Cherie Matrix, _Tales From the Clit_ AK Press
editor
* * *
BIRD BRAIN SPEAKS
On 10 September 1996, Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia
made the following statements while standing at a Senate podium.
(begin excerpt)
The drive for same-sex marriage is, in effect, an effort to make a
sneak attack on society by encoding this aberrant behavior in legal
form before society itself has decided it should be legal.
(end excerpt)
The dour Democrat reminded his colleagues--and CSPAN 2 viewers--
that his attack was religion-based:
(begin excerpt)
Let us defend the oldest institution: the institution of marriage
between male and female as set forth in the Holy Bible.
(end excerpt)
* * *
ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL?
It can be argued that most examples of Journalism Lite do not involve
diffusion of questionable content. Rather, news outlets are at their
worst when they <omit> information and <don't ask> substantive questions.
Recently, two events have been slowly materializing in America's
land-o'-cheese. Apparently, no WI-based media professionals have linked
the two together.
The first story is the still-unfolding battle over Governor Tommy G.
Thompson's expanded school choice scheme. The Republican-backed
tax-monies-for-churches-with-school-wings mess is still working
its way through the courts. Tax subsidies for religious activities
are unconstitutional. Let's hope that the US Supreme Court says so.
The second news item involves plans for a science education center
in Walworth County. Fundraisers hope to open the center
in late 1997. That private facility will offer conventional
science instruction to youngsters. It will also present creationism-
as-science content to certain visitors.
Four facts:
* If the voucher system passed by rightists is upheld as constitutional,
then public school field trips involving anti-evolution presentations
may also be constitutional.
If that happens, then--at taxpayer expense--impressionable youngsters
will "learn" ideas that would make any second-rate high school science
teacher guffaw. (Although dinosaurs and people coexisted in "The
Flintstones," that motion picture was about an imaginary society.
Opponents of evolution disagree.)
* State tourism professionals are in charge of the state's image. It
is a serious task. Sophisticated advertising and PR techniques are
used to keep Wisconsin from being perceived as backward. Tourism gurus
have not been asked will-Wisconsin-become-a-laughing-stock-if-this-
center-opens questions by journalists. The absence of such questioning
is newsworthy.
* Media workers have not asked employers, out-of-state executives,
and Madison-based let's-move-jobs-to-Wisconsin government employees
if Wisconsin would be better off if teens were taught pseudoscience.
Here, too, the omission is worth reporting.
* This is an age of advanced technology and global competition. Employers
need educated, rational workers. The agenda of multinationals conflicts
with proposals by the Religious Right and Republicans like Governor Tommy
G. Thompson, Pete Wilson, and Robert Dole. There is no common ground
between Big Business-oriented Republicans and Christian Right Republicans.
It's one or the other. The fissure on the right end of the political
spectrum remains. Nobody has asked state Republican Party insiders how
this problem will be solved.
* * *
PROFESSOR STROSSEN ON SO-CALLED "NONPOLITICAL" CONTENT
Here's an excerpt from the July 1996 _The Comics Journal_. Editor Gary
Groth interviewed Professor Nadine Strossen, author of _Defending
Pornography_: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women's Rights_.
Strossen teaches at New York University (NYU) and is President of
the prestigious American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
(begin excerpt)
The supposed distinction between sexually oriented expression and
expression that relates to public affairs or political issues is
also absolutely incoherent as a logical matter when we have so many
<extremely> important political issues that revolve around sex and
sexual expression--everything from gender based discrimination, to
sexual harassment, to reproductive freedom, to contraception, to
AIDS and other sexually-transmitted diseases, to sex education in
the schools, to discrimination against lesbians and gay men. These
are some of <the most> hot button--no pun intended--political issues.
And they directly relate to sex and sexually oriented expression,
and yet they are crucially important to the most primary issues
of human rights and of government policy.
There is <no> distinction between the sexual and the political.
Ironically, that is one of the insights with which I agree, which
was provided by my opponents in the feminist debate about pornography.
Those feminists who want to censor what they call pornography
deliberately use that term because it doesn't now have a legal
meaning, and they're proposing to assign to it a new legal definition
of a new category of new sexual expression that should be unprotected.
Basically it's sexually explicit expression that is demeaning or
subordinating or degrading to women. But they have argued that the
sexual is political, the personal is political; that pornography
as they define it leads to discrimination and violence against women.
Well, that suggests that it has deep political significance. That
suggests a reason why, under the arguments of Cass Sunstein or
Ed Meese, it should be protected.
GROTH: And by their own definition, they can't have it both ways.
STROSSEN: Exactly. Which is why they want to reconceptualize it and
they would be the first to admit that what they are calling for
is a radical restructuring of our whole understanding of free speech.
They would reject the notion of content and viewpoint neutrality.
So it's not at all a modest proposal. It is completedly shattering
our whole traditional concept of free speech and individual rights.
(end excerpt)
Issue #188 of _The Comics Journal_ also included a comprehensive
report on the Mike Diana case. In 1994, Mr. Diana was the first cartoonist
to have been been convicted of creating legally obscene content. In
1973, the US Supreme Court said that "obscene" (whatever that means)
media content can be censored by the government--the First Amendment
notwithstanding. No definition of "obscenity" can ever be devised without
vagueness and overbreath.
The same issue also presented a lengthy interview with Scott McCloud on
the electronic future of comics. McCloud authored _Understanding Comics_,
a landmark book about the process of communication via sequential art.
Excerpt copyright (c) 1996 by Fantagraphics Books, Inc.
All rights reserved.
* * *
DAVE BERKMAN VS. JOURNALISM LITE
Here's an excerpt from Professor Dave Berkman's media column
in the 5 September 1996 _Shepherd Express_.
(begin excerpt)
Bob Dole, his supporters insist, should be elected president because
he's a wounded veteran. But if war wounds are a legitimate criterion
of presidential qualification, why settle for someone who ended up
losing only the use of an arm? Wouldn't a multiple amputee be more
qualified? The point is not to make light of Bob Dole's war wounds.
It is to point out the absurdity of the claim that it's a relevant
matter.
The biggest lie of the Dole campaign is that he's distanced himself
from his party's Christian Coalition-written platform. Reality check:
Bob Dole was the candidate supported by Ralph Reed and the Coalition.
He has been specific in his backing of every plank that the Republican
doctrine of bigotry and intolerance calls for. However, except for
the pro-choice stance and support for limiting automatic weapons, the
program on which Clinton is running could have also been
written by Reed.
(end excerpt)
Excerpt copyright (c) 1996 by Alternative Publications, Inc.
* * *
YOUTH MINISTER, DOCTOR SPEAK
According to Frank Rich's column in the 18 September 1996
_New York Times_, J.C. Watts spoke at this month's Christian
Coalition event. Watts:
(begin excerpt)
likened President Bill Clinton to Satan
(end excerpt)
J.C. Watts is a former professional football player and youth
minister.
Watts and Tom Coburn are both Republican congressmen from
Oklahoma. On 19 September 1996, Coburn condemned third-
trimester abortions from the floor of the House. Congressman
Coburn asserted that the procedure:
(begin excerpt)
never needs to be done
(end excerpt)
Ironically, Tom Coburn identified himself as a doctor during
his House speech.
It's a good thing that Tom Coburn is not advising patients. His
knowledge of medicine has significant gaps. Coburn's September
1996 assertions cannot be reconciled with conclusions presented
by the authoritative American College of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists.
* * *
INADVERTENT PARODY OF ANTI-EVOLUTION EXHIBITS?
The Firesign Theater were four men who produced surreal comedy LP's.
Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, Dave Ossman, and Phil Procter used a tech-
nique called "layering." Voices and sound effects were added onto
preexisting recordings of voices and sound effects created by the
same performers during earlier sessions. The entire process was
then repeated, over and over.
"Layering" allowed the group to intermittently sound like a large crowd.
Each album provided a global simultaneity; a sonically-induced wide-
screen epic sited in the listener's mind. Arguably, Firesign albums were
the first virtual reality (VR) software releases. One writer used the
word "surreal-o-vision" to describe the Firesign genre.
Firesign was adept at parodying mainstream, middle-class culture. Each
sequence <sounded> like the quintessential speaker or experience
under scrutiny. A 1950's-era 16mm educational film about the
Founding Fathers, an oafish pastor's sermon, a principal addressing an
assembly, and ads for mom-and-pop pharmacies are examples. The Fire-
sign Theater captured the boredom, alienation, hesitancy, small-scale
errors, and mindlessness of everyday life. Listeners heard a society
littered with commercialism, faceless institutions, and irrational
religious behavior. Austin, Bergman, Ossman, and Procter were masters
of subtlety and gentle realism. Not everything presented was explained
to listeners. Sophisticated stereophonic imaging and high production
values drove many fans to first-time use of headphones. When heard
through loudspeakers, the group's use of overlapping dialog and
dissimilar sound levels for each voice made conventional theater
sound contrived.
In 1971, the Firesign Theater recorded their first science
fiction release. "I Think We're All Bozos On This Bus" is now
available on compact disc (CD) from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab.
"Bozos" defies classification. Even in 1996, "Bozos" is not dated.
8 minutes and 11 seconds into "I Think We're All Bozos on this Bus,"
the Firesign players presented a lecture about the formation of our solar
system and evolution. Today, that sequence functions as an unintentional
parody of propaganda diffused by "creation science" enthusiasts.
Here's an excerpt from Phil Austin's printed summary of the Firesign
Theater's ominous-sounding here's-how-life-and-the-planets-formed
sequence. That sequence sounded like a Disneyland exhibit.
(begin excerpt)
First we hear a kind of portentous telling of primitive Myth,
the story of the Turtle and his Mother, a kind of arboreal,
incestuous mixing of species and genera which produces a mythic
figure, the walking Catfish, so human and so male that he carries
two enormous testicles which are also the Sun and the Moon of
our terrestrial world. This myth is roundly ridiculed as primitive
naturism and is quickly replaced by animatronic scenes which
detail the comfortable, self-satisfied view
(end excerpt)
"I Think We're All Bozos On This Bus" is not as famous as "Jurassic Park"
or Orwell's "1984." That is unfortunate. If the "Bozos" album was part of
public consciousness, then it could be used by attorneys during future
Establishment Clause cases. A quick and informal allusion to the
catfish-and-turtle myth would instantly discredit opponents of evolution.
* * *
GREAT MOMENTS IN BROADCAST HISTORY
Some argue that America's biggest censors aren't government
employees, they're advertisers. Broadcast entertainment is bland
and noncontroversial. Offend an advertiser or rightist pressure group
and your advertising revenue will evaporate. That's why made-for-network
TV programs like Lear's "Maude" abortion episode, "Lou Grant," "The
Day After," and "Roe vs. Wade" were rarities. Producers learned their
lesson in the 70's and 80's when advertisers sent them a clear message.
In the early 1970's, the _National Lampoon_ launched a syndicated radio
show. That periodical was known for its brainy, no-sacred-cows humor.
After a program about Nixon, Vietnam, and impeachment, a soft
drink giant issued an instant punishment. That program was a
rare example of counterinstitutional wit, delivered to listeners
with high production values.
Here's an excerpt from page 370 of Tony Hendra's _Going Too Far_, a 1987
Dolphin hardcover.
(begin excerpt)
The next day Seven-Up, calling the "Impeachment Day Parade" unpatriotic,
pulled out of "The Radio Hour" for good, becoming, as Kelly put it, "the
UnSponsor."
(end excerpt)
* * *
FROM THE AUDIO ARCHIVES
Below, an excerpt from a 1972 comedy LP by Cheech Marin and Thomas
Chong. It's a rare example of what some advertiser-supported content
would be like if outlets were liberated from demands by advertisers,
foundations, churches, procensorship organizations, pressure groups, and
neurotic busybodies.
Here is the slow-witted voice of a bothersome pedestrian:
(begin excerpt)
Have you heard the word of god today?
(content deleted)
He can save your soul, sir. You know, before, I was all messed up
on drugs. But since I found the Lord, now I'm all messed up on the
Lord. He can help you too. Have you talked to Jesus lately?
(end excerpt)
* * *
JOHN O'CONNOR IS AT YOUR CERVIX
On 12 September 1996, an all-male team of Catholic cardinals threw a
prayer vigil at the Capitol in Washington DC. The eight clergymen wanted
House members to override President Clinton's veto of a cruel antiabortion
bill.
An overweight John Cardinal O'Connor of New York NY took part in the
ritual-and-lobbying photo opportunity. Ironically, the Catholic Church
has trumpeted bodily purity and impulse control.
O'Connor is a busy guy. In 1992, abortion rights activist Bill Baird (of
Baird vs. Eisenstadt) told a Milwaukee audience about a recent news item.
In it, O'Connor reportedly indicated that he had considered taking part
in a clinic protest. Baird reacted immediately. He sent O'Connor a
telegram. The message warned the bespectacled Catholic that if he were
to block Baird's doorway, then Baird would personally remove him.
Baird described John O'Connor as a "clown."
The National Conference of Catholic Bishops coordinated their September
1996 prayer vigil with a mass mailing to eight million Catholic
households. Each mailing included a card designed to be passed on to
the recipient's Representatives.
Two days after the Catholic pray-in, presidential candidate Robert Dole
appeared with clergyman Pat Robertson at a Christian Coalition (CC)
"Road to Victory '96" convention. Dole, a Republican, vowed to
sign the same antiabortion bill supported by Catholic leaders. Jack
Kemp, a former professional football player, also delivered an
antiabortion message to the same crowd of almost 5000 fundamentalists.
Journalist Jerry Gray's report in the 15 September 1996 _New York Times_
said:
(begin excerpt)
Mr. Kemp delivered the strongest anti-abortion message of the
Republican campaign in his speech today.
(end excerpt)
Seven days after the Catholic pray-in, the cardinals got their wish.
The House voted 285-137 to impose dangerous antiabortion dictates
on the nation. The let's-lock-up-doctors-for-two-years bill provided
no exception to protect the health or life of the woman, and no excerption
for severe deformity (example: total absence of fetal brain tissue).
On September 26, the Senate voted 57-41 against reproductive autonomy.
That vote was just under the two-thirds majority needed to overturn
Clinton's veto.
John O'Connor and his chums will be back. The Catholic Church has
huge assets. They may win. If they do, then women will die.
* * *
MESSAGE FOR CABLE SUBSCRIBERS
Eternal World Television Network (EWTN) is a 24-hour basic cable network
for Catholics. EWTN talent have routinely attacked a woman's right to
choose.
A regularly-scheduled EWTN program is exclusively devoted to
misleading antiabortion content. "Defending Life" is the name of
this half-hour program. Those two words are deceptive. World Health
Organization (WHO) statistics suggest that approximately 200,000 women
die annually from unsafe, illegal abortions. Other women, men,
and children suffer and die from the many effects of overpopulation.
"Defending Life" is hosted by Father Pavone. He's difficult to avoid.
According to EWTN's program guide for July/August 1996, "Defending
Life" was cablecast at 8:00 PM Central Time on Wednesdays, 5:00 PM on
Thursdays, 9:00 AM Fridays, and 12:00 noon on Saturdays.
Pavone's chatty program is not the only EWTN show with antiabortion
messages. "Mother Angelica Live," "The Best of Mother Angelica Live,"
and other EWTN programs routinely showcase let's-eliminate-choices
agitators.
EWTN has been expanding for 15 years. Its enormous reach is as
disturbing as its political content. The TV service's official
logo accurately describes itself as a GLOBAL CATHOLIC NETWORK.
Ironically, an EWTN brochure boasts that it offers "high quality
programming."
If EWTN is available locally, then telephone the top person at your
local cable system and articulate any or all of the following seven
messages. (Another option is to corner her or him at a local
Rotary or Chamber of Commerce luncheon.) Here's what to say.
First, point out that vertically-and-horizontally-integrated
multi-system operators (MSO's) are in the content business.
MSO's aren't just local providers: they own large portions of
cable networks. Second, ask why there's no political diversity
on your local cable spectrum. Third, state that you're
canceling your subscription. Fourth, tell Ms. or Mr. Cable
that you refuse to pay to watch unchallenged, systematic attacks on
constitutional rights. Fifth, explain that EWTN content--which is
purportedly nonfiction--cannot be reconciled with modern medicine.
Sixth, state that you know whom to contact locally to request
a no vote during the next franchise renewal procedure.
Finally, ask the executive if she or he supports abortion
rights and separation of church and state. If the answer
is yes, then ask how she or he can reconcile workplace inaction
with her or his self-image as a conscientious person.
Be sure to emphasize that you're not asking for the silencing of any
particular political viewpoint. Diplomatically request that a diversity
of voices be available to local subscribers. Currently, cable households
are not receiving a significant amount of ideological diversity.
EWTN isn't the only antiabortion cable network. Clergyman
Pat Robertson's The Family Channel (previously the Christian
Broadcasting Network), GOP TV (carried by superstation WWOR-TV),
Weyrich's National Empowerment Television (NET), Trinity Broadcasting
Network (TBN), and the pervasiveness of rightist hosts and guests on CNN,
CNBC, and the PBS feed have "stacked the deck." Your cable operator
needs to receive a report card from you--one with an "F" on it.
The cable industry's imbalance is significant. It affects the
political sphere. In modern society, if it isn't on television,
then it doesn't exist.
Also consider writing a letter to your local newspaper. This is an
easy way to boost awareness of the volume of anti-First Amendment
content spread locally by MSO's. Express your irritation
with slick and repeated attacks on reproductive autonomy and
separation of church and state.
When as defenders of separation of church and state remain inactive,
First Amendment opponents make incremental gains. Piece by piece,
the enemies of choice have constructed an immense politics-and-media
machine. It is time for cable subscribers to request access to
counterspeech.
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TOOL FOR STOPPING UNWANTED ELECTRONIC JUNK MAIL,
TELEPHONE CALLS
Is there a right to send commercial messages to a stranger's electronic
mailbox? Is there a right to keep incoming advertisements out of one's
own electronic mailbox? If the answer to both questions is yes, then these
two rights conflict. So whose rights are paramount? What about telephony?
Here are two tools to keep some ads and calls out of your life.
The services presented below are offered by two private organizations.
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Send an e-mail message to rem...@cyberpromo.com and position the
words REMOVE ALL in the subject line or in the body of the message.
If you have multiple electronic addresses, then send an e-mail message
to manr...@cyberpromo.com and type several e-mail addresses in
the body of the message. Put each e-mail address on a separate
line. Add no comments.
To stop unsolicited telephone calls, write: DMA Telephone Preference
Service, PO Box 9014, Farmingdale NY 11735.
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PRIVACY, YOUTH PROJECTS LAUNCHED
The WI-based affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU) has unveiled a Data Privacy Project and a Youth and
Civil Liberties Project. For more information, contact:
Carole M. Doeppers, Director
Wisconsin Data Privacy Project
2115 Jefferson Street
Madison WI 53711
Voice line: (608) 255-3013
FAX line: (608) 258-9854
E-mail: aclu...@aol.com
Web site: http://www.aclu-wi.org
Kelly McNally, Project Coordinator
ACLU Youth and Civil Liberties Project
207 East Buffalo Street Suite 325
Milwaukee WI 53202
E-mail: aclu...@execpc.com
Web site: http://www.aclu-wi.org
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CENSORSHIP AND TEENAGERS
Here's an excerpt from a brochure produced by the Youth and
Civil Liberties Project of the American Civil Liberties Union of
Wisconsin.
(begin excerpt)
KNOW your rights--FIND your power!
What do you mean, rights? Kids have rights??
Of course they do. The Bill of Rights guarantees certain rights
to all people living in the United States--whether they are young
or old, citizens or not. There are limitations placed on some of
the rights of people who are not yet adults, but many of the same
freedoms adults enjoy are also guaranteed to young people. You
probably have more rights than you realize.
Okay, like what?
Freedom of expression, for one. You have the right to say what you
think. That freedom applies both inside and outside of school, but
using common sense about time and place will help to keep you out
of trouble. The Supreme Court has upheld the right of students
in public schools to express opinions, circulate petitions, and
distribute literature, as long as those activities don't "materially
and substantially" disrupt classes or other school routines and
activites.
Private school students may have more limited rights, since private
institutions can pretty much operate as they choose. Certain rights,
however, apply to all young people in America, whether they are in
public school, private school, or no school at all--and the more
you know about them, the harder it is for anyone to take them away.
For instance, you have the right to be free from discrimination
and harassment, the right to a free education, and the right to
protest policies and laws that you believe are wrong.
So why should I care? Adults always do what they want to anyway.
Which is <exactly> why you should care! The rights of young
people are violated every day, and a lot of people seem to think
that's okay. It's <not> okay--and you need to tell them that.
Stand up for yourself and let your voice be heard. You <can>
make a difference.
No one ever listens to kids--how are we supposed to make
a difference?
Some kids have already made a big difference. They've challenged
unfair school policies, fought censorship, discrimination,
police harassment--sometimes even going all the way to the
Supreme Court to win important victories for young people. Some
of the rights you take for granted were fought for by young
people just like you. And even though there were times when they
didn't win what they were fighting for, they still raised
awareness about the issues that were affecting their lives by
standing up and speaking out.
(end excerpt)
* * *
OPTIONS EXPAND, RELIGIONISTS ANGRY
On 18 September 1996, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
virtually approved RU-486 (a.k.a. the French "abortion pill")
for use in the United States. Outside of the USA, RU-486 has
functioned for years as a safe and effective alternative
to surgical abortion.
The same day, a spokeswoman for an anti-separation-of-church-
and-state organization appeared on CNN's Headline News and
accused the FDA of "cloak and dagger" activities. Her
hallucination was religion-based.
Diffusion of mindless FDA-bashing via Headline News raises
a journalism ethics question. When Atlantis landed on 26
September, CNN did not seek out a "sound bite" from the
Flat Earth Research Society International. Why has CNN
legitimized antiabortion memes in reports about medicine
and reproduction?
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FAC ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
Feminists Against Censorship (FAC) is a UK-based organization.
FAC has a site on the World Wide Web (WWW), a popular Internet
function.
http://www.fiawol.demon.co.uk/FAC/
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MASSIVE NEXUS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
Web sites are tied together via easy-to-use "links." If you've
successfully displayed one Web on your terminal, then you can
instantly read a another Web resource that the first one
is linked to--without typing a difficult-to-memorize
address. Web sites are usually linked to other Web sites
if both are about the same topic.
One Web site offers over 400 links to resources for humanists,
skeptics, freethinkers, agnostics, and nonbelievers:
http://www.angelfire.com/pg1/MASSATH/index.html
A C C E S S
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