Actually I haven't been myself for the last couple of days, must be something going around.
larry On 1/10/06, Ken Ketsdever <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh great Larry isn't really Larry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 3:38 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Bush at it again: Illegal to 'annoy' someone over the > internet > > If they really decide to enforce this we're all busted. > > larry > > On 1/9/06, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://tinyurl.com/czaml > > > > Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime. > > > > It's no joke. Last Thursday, President Bush signed into law a > > prohibition on posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying > > e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity. > > > > In other words, it's OK to flame someone on a mailing list or in a > > blog as long as you do it under your real name. Thank Congress for > > small favors, I guess. > > > > This ridiculous prohibition, which would likely imperil much of > > Usenet, is buried in the so-called Violence Against Women and > > Department of Justice Reauthorization Act. Criminal penalties include > > stiff fines and two years in prison. > > > > "The use of the word 'annoy' is particularly problematic," says Marv > > Johnson, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. > > "What's annoying to one person may not be annoying to someone else." > > --------- > > And once more they stuck this into a completely unrelated Bill. > > It should be against the law to include unrelated items onto Bills in > > order to force them through, since if the original Bill is good to > > vote against the clause one does not like would mean voting against > > the total Bill. > > > > It's ridiculous. > > > > What do Americans think of this? > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:191345 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
