Re: Hey, I know -- let's threaten the president in e-mail!

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From: Larry Cooper
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 15:00

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In <Co4vBv.IEs@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> rjwells@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Justin Wells) writes:

>In response to all you American types who think it's such a great
>idea to break Canadian laws from America via. the net:

>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.?

>Are you going to send your secret service (SS -- funny, those initials
>remind me of Hitler) to nab me?  Probably would..

Seems to me that there is a world of difference between making information
freely available over the Internet and mailing a death threat to someone no
matter how it is sent.

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Subject: Re: Hey, I know -- let's threaten the president in e-mail!
Date: 12 Apr 1994 08:00:00 -0700
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