[ubuntu-us-ut] Concerning House Bill 139

[Christer Edwards]

http://www.braddaw.com/ - bill sponsor

http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/hbillint/hb0139.htm - bill information

discussion has been all over the sllug and plug lists over the past
week.  I'm sure you'll find a lot of good information and commentary
on their respective mailman archives:

http://plug.org/pipermail/plug/2008-January/subject.html

http://www.sllug.org/pipermail/sllug-members/2008-January/subject.html

On Jan 25, 2008 11:52 AM, baens <baensele at gmail.com> wrote:
>  From the utah.gov site:
> http://le.utah.gov/~2008/htmdoc/hbillhtm/HB0139.htm
>
> ~Erik L.
>
>
> Benjamin Cardon wrote:
> > Christer,
> >
> > Where can we get more information on this bill and who supports it?
> >
> > BJ
> >
> > On Jan 24, 2008 4:08 PM, Christer Edwards <christer.edwards at gmail.com
>
> > <mailto:christer.edwards at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Good afternoon,
> >
> >     My name is Christer Edwards.  I own property in Orem and have recently
> >     learned about House Bill 139.  I hope you are able to take a moment
> >     and hear how I feel this House Bill will affect us.
> >
> >     I'm really disappointed to hear that you are behind house bill 139.  I
> >     feel this bill would enforce additional government control on a local
> >     level, something that I thought you were against.  I also believe that
> >     our local government has more important things to be concerned with
> >     other than enforcing age restrictions on internet usage.
> >
> >     I applaud the effort in trying to protect the children of the state.
> >     As a father I can only agree that I want my child protected from the
> >     potential harms of the internet.  I believe, however, that the method
> >     is mislead.  There are hundreds of legitimate uses of the internet,
> >     and enforcing access restrictions should not be placed on our
> >     government.  Restriction should be a point in family education.
> >     Protecting my child from the potential harms of the internet is my
> >     concern, and not that of my local government.  Efforts should be
> >     directed at education and responsibility, other than the direction
> >     this bill suggests.
> >
> >     I am part of a number of local and state wide technical groups, which
> >     I am sure you have recently heard from.  I have seen a number of
> >     letters to you pass through our discussion lists and I can assure you
> >     that many of the people you represent are aware of them.  I invite
> >     anyone on these lists that has not yet contacted you to do so.
> >
> >     I also hope you will consider how this will affect public services,
> >     such as Xmissions donated public internet.  I believe services like
> >     this show how Utah is advancing in the technical community and has
> >     been able to successfully deploy an infrastructure like this, where
> >     other states and cities have failed.  I have made use of this free
> >     service and I applaud Xmission for what they have done in downtown and
> >     other areas.  If this bill were to pass it would effectively remove
> >     these services for *all* of us, not just for those that you'd like to
> >     protect.
> >
> >     I invite you to reconsider the direction of this house bill.
> >
> >     Thank You,
> >     Christer Edwards
> >
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