U.S. Rep. Has No Friends On Myspace

The government is a big fan of doing things to screw things up for kids. Kids can’t vote — nobody really votes until they’re about 65 anyway — and so the government can do whatever they hell it wants to do.

And, right on cue, here comes legislation that’s going to ban schools and libraries from allowing access to social networks like Myspace, Facebook, Friendster, etc. Of course, since the legislation is so broadly written, basically anything allowing one to communicate with someone over the Internet would have to be blocked.

This legislation was drafted into action by up-for-his-seat-in-November U.S. Rep Mike Fitzpatrick, who represents Bucks County and parts of Northeast Philly and Montgomery County. And you know what’s going to happen: Anyone who even thinks of going against this bill is going to be declared a friend of child molestors, perhaps even a pervert, as the bill is called the Deleting Online Predators Act — Ho ho! Get it! Deleting predators! Ha! — and is supposedly going to stop online predators forever.

NB to whoever wins the Democratic primary in that district tomorrow: Paint yourself as the pro-Myspace candidate. You might be able to even get some 18-year-old high schoolers to vote.

Bill Seeks to Block Access to MySpace in Schools [Los Angeles Times via BoingBoing]