On Tue, Sep 10, 2002, Aviram Jenik wrote about "RE: [OT] proposed israeli laws regarding internet and encryption": > I totally disagree. The law is bad - it is badly phrased and makes no > practical sense. By some sheer luck, it is implemented correctly and > logically by the people who are currently responsible. But that's a > mutation - a freak of nature. Don't count on it to survive the > governmental evolution process!
Right. "dead letter" laws that people believe they'll never get prosecuted for, are very dangerous. Our wonderful Minister of Interior has just brought to life such a dead law that nobody has EVER dared to use before him, that gives him the right to take away someone's citizenship. A law that was never used on spys, traitors, mass murderers, and rapists would never be used against you, right? Well.... Wrong. Are you so sure you won't be next? Maybe your citizenship will be taken away from you for signing your mail with GPG? :) Sure, they won't go after everyone - just after people that happen to be a pain-in-the-a** for the relevant minister (be careful not to go on a demonstration outside his house!), or perhaps after someone of the "wrong" minority group... But this is getting less and less on-topic for linux-il... -- Nadav Har'El | Tuesday, Sep 10 2002, 4 Tishri 5763 [EMAIL PROTECTED] |----------------------------------------- Phone: +972-53-245868, ICQ 13349191 |The meek shall inherit the Earth, for http://nadav.harel.org.il |they are too timid to refuse it. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
