> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of McKown, John
>
>
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/08/01/180258/Prosecuted-For-Critic
al-Twittering
>
> <quote>
> The prosecution's theory in this case is that using Twitter to
criticize a public figure can be a
> criminal act if the person's feelings are hurt."
> </quote>
Too many #%$# lawyers with too much "free" time and too little to do.
But on the "positive" side (ever the optimist), perhaps it's the
beginning of an effort to demonstrate the inanity (and insanity) of far
too many knee-jerk-reaction laws enacted to protect us from various and
sundry bogeymen.
-jc-
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