> -----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."
This even exceeds the scope of the US's Sedition Act of 1798. "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose." Bill Fairchild ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
