The only thing I will say is I started out agreeing with the Miami relatives at first, before I knew the whole story. However, also before I knew the whole story, they completely turned me off with their treatment of Elian. A loving family would have shielded him from those cameras, not paraded him. Later understanding of the facts brought me more in line with the rest of America.

Since you asked, I'd mostly like to ditto the Curmudgeon's opinions on Elian, in as much as you can call them opinions.

It may be noble for the administration to be concerned about this, but solving the wrong problem is no good.

Fighting racism online: Clinton and Gore's big promise looks like a digital diversion: Regarding the Digital Divide, "'People make it seem like it's a racial issue when it's not,' Ellison says of recent efforts by the Clinton administration to address gaps in computer technology access. Rather than concentrate on race, Ellison would like for more attention to be paid to the influence of income disparity on the digital divide. 'This is about economics,' he says."

Maybe true, maybe not, but they can definately make our lives miserable, so lets stop gloating and start working in Congress. This false security stuff bothers me.

AOL Founder: Censor the Net? Ha!: "Communist Vietnam, China, and even the U.S. government should think again if they believed they could censor the Internet, the founder of America Online said Monday."

Watch 'dem lines... they bite.

The whole "Napster-the-company is responsible for our [hypothetical] lost income" bit only makes sense in isolation from the rest of the world. Applied elsewhere it's pretty scary.

And if you really want to nail Napster-the-company for enabling extensive illegal activities, then you better broaden your suit. Along with Apache and ftp server developers, and with the people who run IRC and the people who make the software to interface with it, like mIRC, you'd better add any other piece of software that is primarily or often used for illegal purposes. Are you going to nail Netscape for providing a newsgroup reader that allows anybody with an internet connection regardless of age to view porn?