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post polite or go to US jail?
This was linked by BoingBoing today...I am wondering how this would be used. Jail time for a flame post!?!
So is "you really annoy me" now a threat or an indictable offense? Quote:
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Re: post polite or go to US jail?
not an indictable offense as long as you know who i am. seems like kind of an odd law. especially when there are far greater problem with the net than flamers.
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Re: post polite or go to US jail?
Of all the issues with the web, this is where our fearless leaders choose to direct their attention, to writing laws that are so vague and bizarre that they technically criminalize much of daily webforum use in the US?
Your tax dollars at work once again, making the world safe from the tyranny of sanity. |
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Re: post polite or go to US jail?
It is only by threat of jail time that I maintain my impeccable manners online. I'm not in any hurry to end up with a roomate named Donna.
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Re: post polite or go to US jail?
Sounds like a law to combat spam and cyber stalking, but obvously not much thought went into wording or how it would theoretically impact other web mediums and uses.
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Re: post polite or go to US jail?
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This is what the "Moral Majority" in this country comes up with, while behind the sences they are the most corrupt motherf'ers in history. [/rant] |
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Re: post polite or go to US jail?
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Fran--you were polite before it was required by law. I was secretly hoping one of you would show me how I had just misread that article, that this isn't really part of United States law. |
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