[91224] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fridays are always good for shock headlines...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barry Shein)
Mon Jul 10 16:26:11 2006
From: Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:10:42 -0400
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <17586.37945.821058.666342@world.std.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
I apologize, my note (appended below) was intended for another list
which was also discussing this article.
I hope no one was seriously injured.
-Barry Shein
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On July 10, 2006 at 13:54 bzs@WORLD.STD.COM (Barry Shein) wrote:
>
>
> On July 8, 2006 at 03:04 fergdawg@netzero.net (Fergie) wrote:
> > [snip]
> >
> > The FBI has drafted sweeping legislation that would require Internet
> > service providers to create wiretapping hubs for police surveillance
> > and force makers of networking gear to build in backdoors for
> > eavesdropping, CNET News.com has learned.
>
> I say: Double-plus ungood!
>
> I guess they can mandate whatever in hell they want in the name of
> catching bad guys, anything.
>
> It should remind us why those "obnoxious" folks from the ACLU et al
> really need to have a more balanced influence.
>
> -b
>
> P.S. In a somewhat unrelated but amusing chapter from the "Clear
> Thinking in Jurisprudence" dept:
>
> The NY State Supreme Court last week tossed gay marriage as being
> compelled by the state's constitution.
>
> One of the reasonings shot down was the assertion that there is any
> problem with discrimination because the result forbids both straights
> and gays from marrying same-sex, thus the result is non-discriminatory.
>
> I'll admit there may be arguments to be made on both sides but...WHEW!
