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Richard Cochrane is trained in chemistry and metallurgy but is far more interested and practiced as a political and fund raising consultant, writer and amateur historian. He grew up in a Navy family and with his two younger brothers carried on its 500+ year tradition of naval service to Great Britain and the USA then enjoyed a career with one of the largest advertising and public relations agencies working with numerous Fortune 500 companies and many of America's premier educational institutions. He maintains friendships and acquaintanceships around the world. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.

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Right To Free Speech Does Not Make The Speech Right.

June 10th, 2008 • Richard Cochrane

Selfish and Naive and Harmful, Not Free SpeechVerizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable have agreed to block access to child pornography and eliminate the material from their servers on a nationwide basis thanks to a settlement brokered by New York’s attorney general. The agreements follow an undercover investigation of child porn newsgroups. Last year New York reached agreement with the social networking sites MySpace and Facebook to toughen protections against online sexual predators. So-called 1st Amendment activists have objected saying “free speech” must be protected at all cost. Verizon and Time Warner Cable are two of the five largest internet service providers in the world. Verizon has 8.2 million subscribers and Time Warner Cable’s Road Runner has 7.9 million. Sprint is one of the three largest wireless companies in the United States. Child safety advocated point out the right to free speech does not make the speech right.

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