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Article #122Re: Hey, I know -- let's threaten the president in e-mail!
From: Clay Shirky
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 14:18
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 14:18
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In <Co4vBv.IEs@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> rjwells@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Justin Wells) writes: >What would happen if Canadians, and other non-Americans, started >posting death threats to president@whitehouse.gov? Clearly this is in >violation of *American* law.. probably an outright death threat is in >violation of Canadian law.. but there's no doubt some middle ground >threat which is fine under Canadian law (what's a president?) but >totally illegal in the U.S.A.? You could do this, of course, but it is hardly a parallel case. You would be breaking US law without helping keep information free form the dictates of national sovereignty or helping any percentage of the US populous aquire information they want but are denied by their government. If you want a parallel case, make sure to break our infomation bans when they arise. --
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