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To: Halgr; ninenot; sittnick; steve50; Hegemony Cricket; Willie Green; Wolfie; ex-snook; FITZ; arete; ..
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. [...] This ridiculous prohibition, which would likely imperil much of Usenet, is buried in the so-called Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act. Criminal penalties include stiff fines and two years in prison.

"Violence Against Women"? What about the spam?

30 posted on 01/09/2006 1:10:41 PM PST by A. Pole (Franklin: "The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either")
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If that is the case than it can be declared unconstitutional on the grounds that you cannot pass one law hidden in the fine print of another law. (I forgot the legal term for it).

Then there are the first admendment grounds.

Finally if all else fails, we start the actual shooting revolution.

35 posted on 01/09/2006 8:36:09 PM PST by Paul C. Jesup
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