[78447] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Utah considers law to mandate ISP's block "harmful" sites
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Allen Simpson)
Fri Mar 4 12:04:14 2005
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 12:01:38 -0500
From: William Allen Simpson <wsimpson@greendragon.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <422894EA.7020707@antient.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Richard Irving wrote:
> I have a way. You want the Internet sites on this list blocked,
> -here-, your account is now _disabled_.
>
> You won't -ever- have to worry about accessing sites you don't like.
>
> :P
>
> This is another attempt to legislate something that
> can be solved, or should be solved, with technology.
>
> After all, we have -all- seen how well the anti-UCE laws
> have worked.
>
> * cough *
>
> The last 5 years of politics, have set a record low,
> in my book.
>
> This law ranks right up there, with the law recently passed
> in one state, (in the past year, and, of course, a Red State)
> that declared same sex couples living together,
> instead of being married, as criminals, subject to a fine,
> and incarceration.
>
> Did someone spike the legislative punch bowl, or _what_ ?
>
Umm, we have a longstanding law here in Michigan that defines *any* sex
couples living together as criminals, and the legislature raised the fine
from $300 to $1,000 a few years ago, in a 3 am lame duck session just
before the Republican governor left and became the head lobbyist for the
National Association of Manufacturers.
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William Allen Simpson
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