[Infowarrior] - Fwd: [IP] I Love the Smell of the First Amendment Being Shredded...

[Richard Forno]

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> From: Dave Farber <dave at farber.net>
> Date: September 4, 2010 5:36:21 PM EDT
> To: "ip" <ip at listbox.com>
> Subject: [IP] I Love the Smell of the First Amendment Being Shredded...
> Reply-To: dave at farber.net
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>> From: "Brock N. Meeks" <bnmeeks at verizon.net>
>> Date: September 4, 2010 4:40:43 PM EDT
>> To: dave at farber.net
>> Subject: I Love the Smell of the First Amendment Being Shredded...
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>> Sometime late Friday Craigslist shuttered...er... I mean CENSORED (their word, literally) the “Adult Services” section for all its sites in the U.S.  The story was first reported on TechCrunch; a flood of other outlets have followed, none of them with any more information than TechCrunch, save for an arrogant statement from Conn. AG and governor wannabe, Richard “I Did So Fight in Vietnam...no, wait” Blumenthal.  
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>> Here’s the WPost story:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/04/AR2010090401719.html
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>> Here’s the quote from Blumenthal:
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>> In a statement, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (D) - who was among 17 attorneys general who last month asked Craigslist to shut down its "adult" section <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/24/AR2010082405813.html>  - said he welcomed "Craigslist's apparent decision to close" the section. 
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>> "We welcome any steps toward eliminating the adult services section and prostitution ads on Craigslist, as we have urged, and we are seeking to verify the site's official policy going forward," Blumenthal said. "If Craigslist is doing the right thing voluntarily in response to our coalition of attorneys general, it could set an example for others." 
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>> And yes, that IS the sound of free expression you hear being shredded in the background.
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>> Oh!  One more thing... apparently if you live OUTSIDE the U.S., access to these Adult Services is still available.
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>> --Brock
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