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for 5 November 1996. Updated every TUESDAY.



	Stop frivolous websites!

	By outlawing the more egregious
	indulgences encouraged by the Internet,
	Proposition 404 would eliminate wasteful
	websites, saving jobs and taxpayer
	bandwidth in the process.

	Self-publishing is one of the cornerstones
	of the Internet as we know it, but the
	number of frivolous websites it has
	encouraged waste so much taxpayer
	bandwidth that the entire system has
	become needlessly gridlocked. Prop 404
	will protect taxpayers and boost the
	economy by subjecting these sites to a
	simple test: Does anyone give a shit?
	Sites found wanting (likely suspects
	include pet pages and diaries) will be
	pulled off the web by a duly empowered
	government agency, leaving the Internet
	open for more serious pursuits. Those
	responsible for the frivolous sites will
	be given help finding jobs in more
	productive sectors of the economy.



	Prop 404 is favored by politicians,
	businesses, and home users - nearly
	everyone on the Internet. Only San
	Francisco's South of Market coder crowd
	is campaigning against it, claiming that
	it interferes with their right to post
	whatever they want. In reality, though,
	*Prop 404 limits only frivolous* websites -**
	pages that have no place on the net
	anyway. Don't let this special interest
	group dictate public policy at the
	expense of taxpayers and companies.

	Prop 404 calls for the creation of the
	Bureau of Unnecessariness, a government
	agency charged with deciding what
	constitutes a frivolous website and
	enforcing those guidelines. Start-up
	costs for the Bureau will include
	computers, equipment and some staff;
	other staff members will come from the
	ranks of those who have created useless
	sites and want to work off their debt to
	society. These expenses might seem large,
	but they're almost insignificant compared
	to the monetary drain put on the economy
	by workers who run frivolous websites on
	company time.

courtesy of Dr. Dreidel