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Article #789Re: NSW Internet Legislation
From: Tommy the Terrorist
Date: Mon, 06 May 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 06 May 1996 00:00
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I am pleased to hear that your Regulation Nightmare From Hell includes the criminalization of receipt, because it makes it much easier to engage in acts of Legal Terrorism on behalf of free speech. The enforcement power of the state will be limited to a certain number of prosecutions, and obviously their intent is to cause people to change their reading or posting habits on the basis of risk. If the prosecutions can be redirected primarily at innocent persons, this perceived risk is decreased, while anti-government sentiment can be strengthened. There is nothing unethical in such redirection, because the same total number of persons will be harmed, and none of them deserve it. It is entirely legal in the United States (EVEN under the CDA), and more importantly, protected by the constitution, to possess and transmit several classes of the material which in Australia is classed "RC". It is merely necessary to transmit this material to semi-random recipients (strong free speech proponents and persons engaging in civil disobedience should be screened out with Dejanews). The question is simply this: in what context should a person transmit this information, and how should he arrange for that transmission to be reported to the authorities, so as to maximize the number of persons charged? I appreciate any advice. [special disclaimer: No such acts of Legal Terrorism, however legitimate under U.S. law, will originate from this address.]
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fa7f6,80a172ed52997cfc X-Google-Attributes: gidfa7f6,public X-Google-Thread: 1151c9,80a172ed52997cfc X-Google-Attributes: gid1151c9,public X-Google-Thread: 104b62,80a172ed52997cfc X-Google-Attributes: gid104b62,public X-Google-Thread: 14269f,80a172ed52997cfc X-Google-Attributes: gid14269f,public X-Google-Thread: f4bcb,80a172ed52997cfc X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bcb,public X-Google-Thread: 108449,80a172ed52997cfc X-Google-Attributes: gid108449,public X-Google-Thread: 102c27,80a172ed52997cfc X-Google-Attributes: gid102c27,public X-Google-Thread: 107bb0,80a172ed52997cfc X-Google-Attributes: gid107bb0,public From: Tommy the Terrorist <u58563@uic.edu> Subject: Re: NSW Internet Legislation Date: 1996/05/06 Message-ID: <4mkajs$1re4@piglet.cc.uic.edu> X-Deja-AN: 153235429 distribution: world references: <4mbtpn$41s@the-fly.zip.com.au> <4mie7g$ass@zipper.zip.com.au> <4mjhv7$r17@zipper.zip.com.au> <4mjtg1$sq@rainy-day.openweb.net.au> content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 x-xxmessage-id: <ADB314ACEB022191@e046.gene.uic.edu> organization: Dis mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: aus.org.efa,syd.seminar,aus.culture.ultimo,aus.news,aus.legal,aus.net.policy,zip.announce,aus.org.waia,aus.net.announce,aus.org.acs,aus.politics,aus.legal,comp.org.eff.talk,aus.org.auug