Re: First Amendment takes a hit

2007-02-23 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On 2/22/07, Max Battcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Honestly, why do people chase these sort of scapegoats? People scapegoat what they fear, and people fear what they don't understand. So parents who don't understand IMs and UseNet would rather make them scapegoats than to learn about them.

Re: First Amendment takes a hit

2007-02-22 Thread Max Battcher
On 2/21/07, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 10:17 PM Wednesday 2/21/2007, Gary Nunn wrote: Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime. Arguably it may be in response to such events as those described in the following article from CNN today: quote Ryan Patrick

First Amendment takes a hit

2007-02-21 Thread Gary Nunn
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

Re: First Amendment takes a hit

2007-02-21 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:17 PM Wednesday 2/21/2007, Gary Nunn wrote: 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