[81163] in Cypherpunks
Re: Profanity, PCS phones, and FCC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim May)
Wed Jun 4 17:06:29 1997
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Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 09:57:23 -0700
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From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Reply-To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
At 7:03 AM -0700 6/4/97, Ryan Anderson wrote:
>On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Jeremey Barrett wrote:
>
>> Well I went and got a PCS phone (Ericsson), and was pilfering through the
>> manual, and came across this amusing text in the "Operating procedures"
>> section of the "Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Use":
>[snip]
>> o Use of profane, indecent, or obscene language while using your
>> phone.
>> Joy. More laws to break.
>
>I believe this has been true about your regular phone line for years as
>well. It's unenforceable, and as a practical matter the FCC isn't going
>to care, *EVER* about it.
I notice that a *lot* of just such "unenforceable and they don't really
care" things got added to the laundry list of thought crimes in Jim Bell's
case.
Lots of laws ensure that citizen-units are always guilty of something.
--Tim May
There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws.
Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!"
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