So, I will let you off the hook this time, if you will do one thing: write to your senator and/or representative, and tell them in a polite but firm manner what you think of this new law. WARNING: Do not leave this page until you have done this!!! Your actions are being monitored and recorded ;-)

Writing by snail-mail or calling is more effective than email. Even email, however, is about a million times more effective than just doing nothing. I have even included a short sample letter which, if you're very unimaginative, you can just copy and paste into your mailer. SO DO IT!

Easy ways to contact politicians:

Mailbot

Limits on the use of this service are: 1) One email per 72 hours, 2) no more than 5000 characters per email, and 3) nothing obscene or abusive.

Congressional Addresses

• Computer Currents Interactive has set up a page with email addresses, web pages, and phone numbers of all senators and congressmen, organized by their votes on the Telecommunications Bill. [NEW]
• The U.S. Senate has the name and address of your senators.
• Ditto for the House of Represenatives.
• Stardot Consulting's Zipper Service looks up your Representative and Senator, along with their addresses, fax and phone numbers, and email addresses, from your zip code.

By Snail-mail

The Honorable <rascal's full name>
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510

The Honorable <rascal's full name>
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515

By Phone

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The White House

To send email to the White house, the addresses are: president@whitehouse.gov and vice-president@whitehouse.gov.

The White House WWW server is at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/.

A Sample Letter

I am writing to express my strong opposition to the Communications Decency Act.

I am one of the tens of millions of internet users in the United States. We use the internet to communicate about every facet of our lives--personal, medical, economic, political, social and every other aspect imaginable.

The Communications Decency Act has just restricted this vitally important electronic communication down to that which is acceptable to the smallest child. I oppose this strongly and feel that Congress and the President should be doing much more to support the right of our citizens to communicate openly and freely.

There are indeed problems for children in cyberspace. But, as with other problems faced by the internet, these difficulties are being solved and overcome by the combined work and energy of thousands of volunteers and paid workers all over the world. Given a reasonable amount of time, these home-grown solutions will be both more effective and less limiting than wide-sweeping congressional mandates which are seemingly ignorant of both the promise and the limitations of the technology.

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