Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime! (American, quote)

sleepy jack · 01-24-2006, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by IamAlejo

I don't really see what's wrong with it. Maybe I'm missing something though.

Its because its bush.

Barnard17 · 01-24-2006, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by IamAlejo

I don't really see what's wrong with it. Maybe I'm missing something though.

Define annoying.

"I find you annoying, therefore you are committing a federal crime"

It's bull****. It's designed to protect women from potential women but it opens people up to extreme sentencing for ... well. .. nothing.

What makes it worse is that they slipped it in as a porker - if a Senator votes no to the legislation they bring themselves into the limelight for vetoing another piece of important legislation which they would otherwise agree with.

IamAlejo · 01-24-2006, 04:10 PM

Whoever said big brother is a joke.

And the whole point of it is to prevent cyber stalking. And the law is a joke, anyone charged with this could fight it and win probably with ease. Don't see where the big deal the comes in.

Barnard17 · 01-24-2006, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by IamAlejo

Whoever said big brother is a joke.

And the whole point of it is to prevent cyber stalking. And the law is a joke, anyone charged with this could fight it and win probably with ease. Don't see where the big deal the comes in.

There shouldn't even be the option of wasting tax money on such court cases.

It SHOULD NEVER have been passed as a porker, it's abysmal that the US senate let it pass and indicative of how much they actually care about justice funding.

It could be MUCH better written. Why was it not? Again shows a general apathy on the part of the US senate.

IamAlejo · 01-24-2006, 06:11 PM

Our tax money is wasted on stuff much worse than fighting stuff like this.

The government will be increasingly trying to get a greater hold of the internet and establishing rules for the internet as the internet is increasingly a growing part of our society.

I don't go around harassing random ass people on the internet, so I guess I'm not so effected by it. I could understand where if I did I would be upset like some of you are.

Barnard17 · 01-24-2006, 06:13 PM

Which does, of course, make the legislation entirely acceptable? No. This thread is about this particular piece of legislation, not other money wasting initiatives. That they exist is a non-issue here.

And to be a pedant, if I lived in America this post could make me susceptible to a Federal crime. I'm following the issue, some people could find it annoying and take me to court over it with this law as backing. It's an extreme situation, but the court cases I've seen coming out of America and I wouldn't put it passed you guys to try at some point ...

The other problem is that the internet is incredibly hard to legislate. I live in the UK, thus should not be applied to by American internet regulations, yet their regulations will still invariably affect me.

Shooting Star · 01-24-2006, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by IamAlejo

Whoever said big brother is a joke.

Yet "The government will be increasingly trying to get a greater hold of the internet and establishing rules for the internet as the internet is increasingly a growing part of our society."?

The two don't seem mutually exclusive.

holdfasthope · 01-24-2006, 11:41 PM

i agree with iamalejo. if you waste your life spamming, and harrassing random people on the net i hope you get put away, your stealing my oxygen.

MURDER JUNKIE · 01-25-2006, 01:44 AM

Jibber can expect a call from my lawyer

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 01-25-2006, 01:48 AM

Like I give a fuck.

01-24-2006, 04:10 PM	#13 (permalink)
IamAlejo Muck Fusic Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 1,575	Whoever said big brother is a joke. And the whole point of it is to prevent cyber stalking. And the law is a joke, anyone charged with this could fight it and win probably with ease. Don't see where the big deal the comes in. __________________ a man, a plan, a canal, panama

01-24-2006, 06:11 PM	#15 (permalink)
IamAlejo Muck Fusic Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 1,575	Our tax money is wasted on stuff much worse than fighting stuff like this. The government will be increasingly trying to get a greater hold of the internet and establishing rules for the internet as the internet is increasingly a growing part of our society. I don't go around harassing random ass people on the internet, so I guess I'm not so effected by it. I could understand where if I did I would be upset like some of you are. __________________ a man, a plan, a canal, panama

01-24-2006, 06:13 PM	#16 (permalink)
Barnard17 My home? Discabled, Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 204	Which does, of course, make the legislation entirely acceptable? No. This thread is about this particular piece of legislation, not other money wasting initiatives. That they exist is a non-issue here. And to be a pedant, if I lived in America this post could make me susceptible to a Federal crime. I'm following the issue, some people could find it annoying and take me to court over it with this law as backing. It's an extreme situation, but the court cases I've seen coming out of America and I wouldn't put it passed you guys to try at some point ... The other problem is that the internet is incredibly hard to legislate. I live in the UK, thus should not be applied to by American internet regulations, yet their regulations will still invariably affect me. __________________ Vita brevis, Occasio praeceps

01-25-2006, 01:48 AM	#20 (permalink)
Scarlett O'Hara Make it so Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,181	Like I give a fuck. __________________ "Elph is truly an enfant terrible of the forum, bless and curse him" - Marie, Queen of Thots

01-25-2006, 01:44 AM	#19 (permalink)
MURDER JUNKIE The Wetter The Better!! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SH1TTY London Ontario Canada Posts: 2,504	Jibber can expect a call from my lawyer