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Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime.

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Originally posted by: Anubis
wait so not the mods have to tell us who they are

w00t
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Sounds about right to me.

This "law" is moronically hard to enforce. I'll just use my real first name when flaming someone from now on.

 
so soon they should be banning people talking to each other..............
then seeing each other...........
then theyll have to get rid of apartments b/c of the possibility that you could hear your neighbor making noise.....
etc.....
 
1. Is this for real??

2. I get very annoyed when someone forwards stupid crap to me ("forward this to 10 of your friends in 5 minutes and..." types of emails)

3. Someone sent me an email telling me to delete the windows icon that looks like a bear, "because it's a virus."
I did a reply all (all the person's business contacts) and intentionally flamed (was annoying to the original sender) the person for forwarding such emails without checking the validity of the message. Does that mean that in the future, such an action will be a punishable crime?

I'm not worried about lack of enforcement, or even worried about being found "not guilty" if such charges are pressed against me for "being annoying" (I can be quite annoying at times.) What I'm worried about is the cost of defending myself in court over stupid accusations.


edit: nevermind 🙂 If I'm going to flame someone, I'm not afraid to reveal my name.

 
Originally posted by: NogginBoink
I can't wait for the end of this administration. :disgust:

(Great; I've just annoyed the Republicans on this board and am therefore a criminal.)
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QFT

Originally posted by: Argo
Am I the only person who thinks this could actually be a great bill? I think the jest of it was aimed at the spammers, making what they do illegal. While as an individual you still won't be able to do anything about it, this gives law enforcement legal ground to attack spammers.
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its already illegal under can-spam
 
Just when you think his presidency can't make the country any worse or more stupid, he proves you wrong.
 
Originally posted by: RBachman
Just when you think his presidency can't make the country any worse or more stupid, he proves you wrong.
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I really don't think it was his fault...

I hate the way bills/laws are passed by congress...
They package crap together and stick stupid things that should never pass into other legislation that *MUST* pass.

i.e. Suppose aliens landed on Earth tomorrow. We don't have any laws prohibiting the killing of aliens, so congress passes a bill that says something like this:
"It is illegal to kill aliens."
But, buried 5 pages into the bill,
And we'll spend 5 billion to build a park in Congressman Bob's hometown
And we'll spend 3 billion to protect a stream that has some rare fish
And we'll spank anyone who forwards unwanted emails.

If someone votes no to the bill, because of the other three things stuck into it, politics being politics, it gets announce that the person who voted no supports the killing of aliens.
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Originally posted by: RBachman
Just when you think his presidency can't make the country any worse or more stupid, he proves you wrong.
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I really don't think it was his fault...

I hate the way bills/laws are passed by congress...
They package crap together and stick stupid things that should never pass into other legislation that *MUST* pass.

i.e. Suppose aliens landed on Earth tomorrow. We don't have any laws prohibiting the killing of aliens, so congress passes a bill that says something like this:
"It is illegal to kill aliens."
But, buried 5 pages into the bill,
And we'll spend 5 billion to build a park in Congressman Bob's hometown
And we'll spend 3 billion to protect a stream that has some rare fish
And we'll spank anyone who forwards unwanted emails.

If someone votes no to the bill, because of the other three things stuck into it, politics being politics, it gets announce that the person who voted no supports the killing of aliens.
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Excellent look at the dismal affair that is the government. Whatever happend to distinct resolutions that have to be passed individually. The congressman are there to do their job, so stop this bundling crap and vote 1 at the time. Make them earn their salary 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Argo
Am I the only person who thinks this could actually be a great bill? I think the jest of it was aimed at the spammers, making what they do illegal. While as an individual you still won't be able to do anything about it, this gives law enforcement legal ground to attack spammers.
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And as a bonus, we'll be able to hitch a generator up to george washington's spinning corpse and solve the nations energy problems.
 
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Originally posted by: RBachman
Just when you think his presidency can't make the country any worse or more stupid, he proves you wrong.
Click to expand...

I really don't think it was his fault...

I hate the way bills/laws are passed by congress...
They package crap together and stick stupid things that should never pass into other legislation that *MUST* pass.

i.e. Suppose aliens landed on Earth tomorrow. We don't have any laws prohibiting the killing of aliens, so congress passes a bill that says something like this:
"It is illegal to kill aliens."
But, buried 5 pages into the bill,
And we'll spend 5 billion to build a park in Congressman Bob's hometown
And we'll spend 3 billion to protect a stream that has some rare fish
And we'll spank anyone who forwards unwanted emails.

If someone votes no to the bill, because of the other three things stuck into it, politics being politics, it gets announce that the person who voted no supports the killing of aliens.
Click to expand...


Excellent look at the dismal affair that is the government. Whatever happend to distinct resolutions that have to be passed individually. The congressman are there to do their job, so stop this bundling crap and vote 1 at the time. Make them earn their salary 🙂
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agreed, but most politicians have an agenda of their own, and getting rid of this little loop hole will make that harder for them, so i don't see this going away any time soon
 
Originally posted by: PingSpike
Originally posted by: Argo
Am I the only person who thinks this could actually be a great bill? I think the jest of it was aimed at the spammers, making what they do illegal. While as an individual you still won't be able to do anything about it, this gives law enforcement legal ground to attack spammers.
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And as a bonus, we'll be able to hitch a generator up to george washington's spinning corpse and solve the nations energy problems.
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:laugh:

funny, sad, and true 🙁
 
Yeah, I thought this was a hoax this morning when I saw it on another board so I went to snopes but it wasn't there. Then I found the source. Whoa.
 
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