Abstract
This paper discusses the Communications Decency Act that was created in 1996. The paper uses a case study example to discuss why the Act is necessary. It looks at the relationship of the Act to rights of freedom of speech and what it adds to the Constitution that was missing previously. The paper describes the outcome of the case study and how the girl in the study may have been saved if the Communications Decency Act had been in effect then.

From the Paper
"Another possibility for the Meier's could be to seek compensation for emotional pain and suffering. There is nothing that is going to be able to bring their daughter back. However, the actions of the neighboring woman made Megan Meier so emotional that she killed herself. In any event, if charges were pressed or sought after it would be heard in a civil court rather than a criminal court. There was no physical and first hand caused because ultimately Megan killed herself but figuratively speaking "the mother handed Megan a loaded gun" Ron Meier. The family should seek compensatory and punitive damages. They should get something back for losing their daughter but more importantly the punitive damages would help deter adults acting like children so that similar events do not happen to any other families."

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Abstract
This paper examines the Communications Decency Act of 1996, arguing that it should be rejected because it represents the hidden agenda of a radical Christian Group, the Christian Coalition. The paper argues that this act would restrict free speech that is protected by the U.S. Constitution and that its primary purpose is to restrict pornography. The paper further argues that the Christian Coalition should be rejected as a whole because it is an extremist organization that would end freedom and democracy as we know it.

Outline

The Communications Decency Act (CDA)should be rejected because it is not a useful piece of legislation.
The CDA will impose radical changes to existing law.
Will impose broad restrictions on speech protected by U.S.
Constitution.
Will give communications providers an open ticket to censorship.
The CDA promotes a hidden agenda created by a radical Christian
group.
The CDA is an attempt to restructure existing laws to reflect the ideas of one specific group.
The CDA is an attempt to impose guidelines on an unregulated form of communication.
Legislation against the America way.
Exposing the Christian Coalition and it's true agenda in proposing the
CDA.
Main purpose of the CDA is restricting pornography.
Will end of free speech in electronic form.
The CDA will criminalize First Amendment protected communications.
Communications deemed "lascivious" or "indecent," in any form will be a crime.
Greater restrictions on pornography will cause censorship in our free
society.
The best of intentions: the worse results in conclusion.
Review of the major issues
Christian extremist views exposed
Will rewrite the First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution.
Reject the CDA as a whole.
Lack of vision by an extremist organization.
Will end free society, as we know it.

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"The Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA) is going to take your right to free speech and privacy away. This document, signed into law by President Clinton, if upheld by the Supreme Court will completely rewrite free speech laws as we know them (Kniffel 1). Basically, free speech will become a thing of the past. Furthermore, it will give communications providers across a wide spectrum the authority to censor any questionable material that passes through its communications links."

Tags:morality, internet, online, communications, implications, evangelist, pat, robertson

Abstract
This paper examines the formulation of the Communications Decency Act and identifies policy windows, policy entrepreneurs, and systematic agenda influences that contributed to the process. The paper examines how the systems, pluralist, rational-comprehensive, and elitist models of public policy formulation can be applied to the policy.

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"The 1990s saw the development of the Internet, a communications breakthrough that brought government regulation into an uncharted new territory. Suddenly, Congress had to deal with an issue that previously didn't exist: the exposure of children to online pornography. Congress's answer to this problem was The Communications Decency Act, a federal regulatory policy intended to protect children from "indecent" and "patently offensive" material on the Internet."

Tags:administration, agenda, comprehensive, elitist, entrepreneurs, model, pluralist, rational, systematic, systems, window

Abstract
This paper discusses the book, "Code of the Street: Decency, Violence and the Moral Life of the Inner City," written by Elijah Anderson. The paper specifically questions whether street code promotes safety in urban environments or increases the risk of victimization. The paper also discusses the views of the author and his understanding of street codes and how they are used.

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"This book should definitely be recommended. For anyone interested in inner city culture and codes that are adopted by inner city youth, it is incredibly insightful and a worthy read. Even for those who do not have any curiosity about the violence occurring in these neighborhoods, Anderson (1999) is sure to spark their curiosity as well. This book also is insightful when considering aggressive behavior, not only in a street society situation, but also if you were considering violence, say, in a prison yard. In an environment where everyone is wearing the same uniforms and there is a constant eye over them, how do some males become the leaders in the prison yard and some become the victims of ridicule and aggression? That's a very interesting question, especially in that situation where every male in there could, in some way, be considered an alpha male. For any person who commits a heinous crime has to have a certain amount of violence in them. This would be an interesting research topic in regards to the fact that this would be an extreme view of the hierarchy. In considering any environment where violence occurs, this book lends insight into understanding the nature of violence."

Tags:victim, aggressive, behavior, protection, safety

Abstract
This paper analyzes the text, "Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City", by Elijah Anderson based on how it reflects four major tenets of strain theory, social learning theory, control theory, and labeling theory. This critical review and these basic theories are consistent with those found in juvenile delinquency texts.

From the Paper
"This paper shall analyze the text, "Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City", by Elijah Anderson. The book will be analyzed based on how it reflects four major tenets of strain theory, social learning theory, control theory, and labeling theory. This critical review and these basic theories will be consistent with those found in juvenile delinquency texts. In the inner-cities of America, there are very real problems of violence and crime, especially among the young people who live there. This epidemic..."

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Abstract
This paper analyzes the text, "Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City" by Elijah Anderson. The book is analyzed based on how it reflects four major tenets of strain theory, social learning theory, control theory, and labeling theory.

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"The first of these social theories that is demonstrated within Anderson's text is that of Strain Theory. In strain theory, it is argued that social structures that are constructed and adopted by society can cause the society's citizens to commit crime. First of all, Anderson does not demean or belittle the actions that many "criminals" in the inner-city perform during their daily lives. He argues that in this sector of society, there is a "code" and a decency that its citizens live by, not arguing that this is morally right, but showing that it is a code and manner of life, nonetheless. These are not merely subhumans going about criminal lives; this is a living, working society that adheres to its own standards and rules."

Tags:delinquency, strain, theory, social, learning, control, labeling

Abstract
This paper examines Elijah Anderson's "Code of the Street: Decency, Violence and the Moral Life of the Inner City", extensive interviews with people who live in an area he describes as a "hyperghetto" in "North Philadelphia". The author relates that Anderson points out that, only one generation ago, the neighborhood contained numerous manufacturing jobs; men who wanted to be decent parents could get a job that provided their family with a living wage. The paper concludes that Anderson's book, using full, unedited quotes from the people who live in North Philadelphia, managed to be analytical without being impersonal; he gives readers who have never been anywhere near such a neighborhood an understanding of both its strengths and its weaknesses.

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"The attitude of street families has at least some roots in the perception and reality of racism. Street families believe that there's one kind of justice for whites, and another for blacks, and so they will have to right any wrongs done to them on their own. Power comes from having a large group of people who will back you up in a dispute, no questions asked. The fewer people you can count on to call to your side, the weaker, and more vulnerable, you are. Having respect means not that you work hard or are trying to raise your family well, but that you are capable of vengeance and will not hesitate to seek it."

Tags:racism, lifestyle, philadelphia, sex, hyperghetto

Abstract
The paper discusses how Robert Louis Stevenson conveys the moral state of his Victorian society in his work "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde". The paper looks at how Dr. Jekyll yearns to indulge in his more socially inappropriate desires, and so he creates a potion that causes him to develop a dual personality; his good self, Dr. Jekyll, and the other, Mr. Hyde, an evil person who can partake in the forbidden acts that Jekyll craves. The paper explains that in Victorian society, people had to maintain an image of decency, so they led dual lives to address their sexual desires and other sensual cravings.

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"Even before he has created his potion, Dr. Jekyll dreams of separating the two sides of "man's dual nature", the "good and the ill". (p 2200) He yearns for the freedom each will enjoy, without the other to restrict or shame. The name Jekyll gives to his other half, Mr. Hyde, (Hide) speaks volumes of his wish to keep his desires and urges "hidden". He uses a back door to get into Jekyll's home, another instance of him being "hidden". Hyde's appearance symbolizes society's feelings for someone of his character. He's described as "detestable", "displeasing" and as having some kind of deformity that no one can put their finger on. (p 2173) Jekyll's choice of a home for Hyde, in a run down, seedy part of London, is a perfect location for someone lacking any morality."

Tags:Victorians, decency, image, evil, desire

Abstract
This paper discusses the topic of morality. Specifically, it asserts that a decent human being is not one who accepts transient consensus about what attitudes are normal and what practices are unjust. If anything, what counts as a decent human being is the independent moral decency to ignore transient consensus and societal attitudes to whatever extent transient consensus and societal attitudes obviously violate objective principles of fundamental fairness, equity, human empathy, and decency.

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"Considering the way that social convention arises in the first place provides another reason to reject the suggestion that social convention is a reliable determinant of what constitutes moral conduct and what distinguishes it from immoral conduct. Among a small isolated group of people, (such as a group of 20 individuals stranded on an island), social convention probably does reflect true majority consensus. Not that majority consensus necessarily corresponds to morality, but that would be the only possible logical basis for defining morality through social convention at all. Even in a group of 20 individuals, it is still possible that the minority position is more moral (objectively) than that of the majority, but at least the majority position does, in fact, reflect the desires of the true majority."

Tags:morality, humans, attitudes, society, consensus, principles

Abstract
This paper discusses the Bethel School District vs. Fraser court case, regarding a school speech made at an assembly by Matthew Fraser. The paper explores the school's reaction to Fraser's speech, claiming it to be indecent, lewd, and offensive to the modesty and decency of many of the students and faculty in attendance at the assembly. The paper contends that the case sets an important precedent with regard to the future actions a school or district may take concerning similar matters of public decency and free speech, especially with regard to the actions of members of the student body.

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"In specific, the events concerned the actions of one Matthew N. Fraser, a student at Bethel High school in Washington State. In short, at a required assembly of approximately 600 students, Fraser presented a speech in which he referred to a student government opponent in terms of an "elaborate, graphic, and explicit sexual metaphor" (UMKC, 2004). Not only did the student receive a warning from two teachers that it was "inappropriate and that he probably should not deliver it," and that it was possible that its presentation may have "severe consequences (UMKC)," but it was observed that the reaction of the student audience to its presentation ranged from hooting, lewd gestures which "graphically simulated the sexual activities pointedly alluded to in respondent's speech," to obvious embarrassment and bewilderment" (UMKC)."

Tags:public, speaking, students