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

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From: Trevor Bradley
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 18:06
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lcooper@kaiwan.com (Larry Cooper) writes:

>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.?

I read an article in the province stating a student in America was
arrested for doing just this...

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From: tbradley@kits.sfu.ca (Trevor Bradley)
Subject: Re: Hey, I know -- let's threaten the president in e-mail!
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