This new bill is simply another tool that law makers can use to protect children. It will prove to be useful if it is used properly.

The biggest reasons I am posting this are to put my insignificant two cents in the mix, replies to two points of opinion.

The comment about 'prank links' reminds me of another law that was passed. It prohibited someone from yelling "Fire" in a crowded theater as a prank. This was a result of incidents where people were getting trample and killed in the aftermath of a poorly thought out prank. A prank that results in murder is not prank, it is simply murder.

Now this does not mean that every time you yell "Fire" in a crowded theater someone will die. The fact that the chances are greatly increased that someone will die is enough to pass the law.

I don't think that law makers should use this law to go out and find every prankster out there. I do believe it should definitely be in place so that law makers can have a tool to prosecute with when abuse and even death does result. Some of the slime that are involved in child exploitation have used so many loopholes to escape their demise. This law simply shrinks another one of those loophole. I say Hurrah!

As for the freedom of speech, an obviously abuse right, is yelling fire in the theater a freedom? NO!! Endangering lives of others, especially children, in any form should be punishable. I did not say punished, only punishable. Why this technicality in semantics? As humans, there is always room for error. A parent that accidentally injures their child would not be punished. This obvious clarity should be stated for those idiots that think freedom of speech is a blanket for many violations.

My least favorite violation is the whole adware/spyware issue. They say it is freedom of speech to load the software and other junk on my private computer. Junk that results in crashes and loss of data and is very costly in damages. I know, I repair the computers on a weekly basis that have such damage.

If this 'graffiti' on my private property is freedom of speech, then allow me into the private homes of those unscrupulous advertisers to put my own graffiti on the walls of their bedroom that suggest where to go during their intimate moments. Allow me to put my advertising on their dining room walls to suggest where to shop for dinner ware. Allow me to sprawl on the kitchen walls where to buy their groceries. Lets see just how much they really think of the freedom of speech wild-card!!

Please, take my opinion with a grain of salt as they are merely the opinions of yet another unimportant geek that spends his life on the web.

Life goes on.