[RawAlex]

Gee, harmful to minors? Let's see. No more easy access to strip club websites (promo only, because strip clubs are HTMs (harmful to minors). Chat rooms might discuss sex, that would be HTM. Erotic Stories, gun makers, Mcdonalds, model glue, solvents, catholic church, greyhound buses, teletubbies, the movie listings at hbo... all potential HTM depending on how you look at it.

The term is so overtly broad as to cover ANYTHING that could harm a child in ANY manner.

I would wish that someone would get up and say "The internet is an adult place. Children are allowed in, but it is the individual parent's responsiblity to control, guide, and assist their child to have the best internet experience possible".

Not going to happen.

Clinton signed it. The Court slapped it down once. Ashcroft and Bush didn't want to do back to try to make a new law in term 1, so they are taking it back to court (timed well) to play to their conservative core. Once the court slaps it down (and they will, there is not new on this one that I could find) they will use this as a talk point during the election, something that "parents everywhere should be concerned about. If I am re-elected, we will work with the senate and the house to find a way to keep our children safe from the purveyors of obscenity and smut on the internet and in our public places". It plays to every parent out there.

Alex