I don't think it is unlawful or unconstitutional for the government to forbid an American company, say Northrop Grumman, from doing any business with a foreign company, say Iran. For obvious reasons.
You can do business with China though. Then they'll do business with Iran. Oh wait. When you say overlords, did you mean our Chinese overlords? :) ray On Wed, 3 Mar 2010, Ryan McCain wrote: > The majority of what our overlords do is unlawful. Positive law isn't legit > if it violates the Constitution. > > > Ryan McCain > Northrop Grumman Corporation > Email: [email protected] > Phone: 225.505.3832 > > Registered Linux User #364609 > > > > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Dustin Puryear > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 3:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Internet Human Bill of Rights > > Do you mean they have no moral or legal authority? They certainly have the > legal authority (e.g., Cuba, munitions). > > --- > Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ > Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On > Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies > > Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" > http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Ryan McCain > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 2:19 PM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Internet Human Bill of Rights > > Our government has 0 authority to tell private companies who their customers > can and cannot be. > > > ________________________________ > Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 08:48:31 -0600 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [brlug-general] Internet Human Bill of Rights > Now, this may be a good idea: > > http://www.pcworld.com/article/190579/senator_to_introduce_internet_human_rights_bill.html > > The basic idea: The law "would impose criminal or civil penalties on U.S. > Internet companies that bow to pressure of foreign governments and violate > human rights." > > Still, this creates a cache-22. This would essentially bar US companies from > competing in markets like China, which are huge. So would this put our > companies at a long-term disadvantage? > > Perhaps this law makes more sense if it applies to *ANY* company that > operates in the US. > > --- > Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ > Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On > Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies > > Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" > http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ > > > ________________________________ > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. Get it > now.<http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/> > -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
