It's insane. I think it would be a 1st amendment violation.
Christ I hate big government. > -----Original Message----- > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 5:51 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Bush at it again: Illegal to 'annoy' someone over > the internet > > 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:5:191359 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
