This is a typical congressional non-solution to a very real problem. This will do NOTHING to get rid of the swarm of online pedophiles that we, the American public, are worried about when we hear the phrase "online sexual predators". I don't see anything remotely valiant or well-meaning about it. Congress isn't composed of idiots. Congress is composed of people that think WE'RE idiots. They know damn well that this law won't do anything, but now they get to campaign on their stand against online predators and best of all it won't cost them a dime.

If we are serious about addressing the problem of online predators how about this:

300 cops, with 50 of them on line 24 hours a day 7 days a week. These guys spend 2 hours a day "training". They watch MTV and play Tony Hawk. They can talk about Yu-Gi-Oh and WOW with any 12 year old out there. 300 cops on line looking for and exterminating vermin in cooperation with local law enforcement agencies. I can gurantee you that that cooperation would not only be forthcoming, but EAGERLY forthcoming. We'd see a 10 fold drop in online predation in a month. These sick bastards would be falling all over each under tring to get back under the rock they crawled out of.

300 cops, assuming 50k a year in salary and another 10k in benefits, with 20 supervisers and techs making an average of say 70k. Say another million for office space and computers. Total cost just over 4 million bucks. Sound like a lot of money?

4 Tomohawk missiles.

What this law tells me is that my kids aren't worth 4 tomohawk missles. That congress thinks I'm dumb enough to fall for their Mr. Feel Good Link Law is just adding insult to injury.

It just makes me sick.