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A Misleading Decision Decides Nothing

There was a lot of misleading rhetoric about the Supremes' decision yesterday on Internet library filtering.

The law, which won on a 6-3 vote, is not absolute. Adults can ask to have the filters disabled. If libraries don't on request, they can be sued.

And that is how to fight this law. If you demand a disabling, and it's not given, you sue. Let 1,000 lawsuits bloom, and the law's impact will be negated. Because the law is so broadly written, so poorly written, with no explicit standards, specifically so it could passe constitutional muster.

It reminds me of Orson Scott Card's old saw about prayer in schools. "If it's strong enough to do good, it will do harm. If it's weak enough not to do harm, it can't possibly do any good."

So it is with this. If you believe the law is wrong, fight it. You have the power.