Freedom of Expression Satire and Humor

America OnLine Vulgarity Guidelines

Want to know exactly what's vulgar? AOL will explain it to you at great length.
Also see AOL's approved and disapproved screen names and AOL's TOSSING of Comedienne Margaret Cho.

Avoid Foul Language!

Phrases for our modern age ...

Driving Drunk on the Information SuperHighway

The John Dvorak April Fools instant classic. Real censorship proposals are close enough to this so that many people took it seriously.

A ratings partnership with the Inquisition

A parody press release, but only slightly so. The truth is no stranger to the fiction.

The License Plate

There are so many ways of making a political statement ...

Socialism as Pornography

"What about my right to not be indoctrinated?"

Grim Peril For Minors

See what shocking stories are available to little children!

Canadian Underwear

How Woody Allen movies and newsgroups bans are related.

Satanic T-shirts

Fighting back against T-shirt censors.

A stand-up comedy bit about censorware

Imagine Bob Newhart's style applied to programs which lock out sites.

Sherman and Peabody learn about censorware

Who makes the lists? ...

The V-bookcode: V-chip rating system extended to books

If it works for TV, why not for print?

How card decks are sexist

Bad messages are everywhere.

The Interview

The logical conclusion if the theories of censorship advocates were correct.

The Exon Song

All the news programs seemed to be singing it in 1995 ...

Exon-ify Your Language!

A program to translate both to and from Exon-ese.

The Top Ten Reasons Senator Exon is trying to censor the 'Net

This'll probably be illegal if his bill passes ...

Exon Smut

Life after the Communications Decency Act.

Fear and Loathing of the Internet

The Perils of Book Addiction

Why regulation of reading is a vital government function.

The Red-Light District of the Information SuperLibrary

What can you see if you take a wrong turn down the aisles?

Houston Comical Slams Public Libraries as "pornography ring"

Library Porno: a card catalog away.

Kiddie-Porn - The FAQ (PARODY)

But what about "Child Pornography"?!

The Internet: A Short Guide For Reporters And Journalists

This claims to be a parody, but it's so accurate it must really be a leak - how else to explain the typical news report?

Marketing Death On The Information Superhighway

CyberMurder!

An insidious pre-electronic medium for pornography

Hard to believe, but there are other channels besides the Internet.