The USPS is a business (well not technically... but it's close enough to call it that for now) that's purpose is to deliver mail. It can not be held accountable if someone uses it's service illegally with out its knowledge. You as an individual are accountable if you do something illegal; especially so if you had reason to believe you were doing something illegal in the first place.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 7:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [freenet-support] RE: anonymity(NOT) Importance: Low On 5 Aug 2004, at 04:42, Matthew Findley wrote: > Let me put it this way. > When you all fire up your nodes you know there is a very strong > likelyhood that it will end up houseing and transmiting illegal > material, correct? > So you know your computer will be doing something illegal and yet > choose to do it anyway simply because you can not see it. That is > willful blindness and is not a defense that will stand up in court. If that was true then the postal system would be in trouble, since I am sure most people within the USPS acknowledge that illegal materials (such as child pornography) are probably transmitted through the postal system, yet they do not open every letter and every package to prevent this from occurring, nor are they expected to. Ian. _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]