[81205] in Cypherpunks
Re: Profanity, PCS phones, and FCC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Schear)
Wed Jun 4 22:31:33 1997
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970604100034.25426C-100000@king>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 19:00:25 -0700
To: Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>,
Jeremey Barrett <jeremey@bluemoney.com>
From: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@algebra.com
Reply-To: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
At 10:03 AM -0400 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.
A 'nudda example of unenforceable laws which undermine respect for lawfull
autority by making all bruddas criminals.
--Steve
