From: "Declan B. McCullagh" <declan+@CMU.EDU>
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 07:54:33 +0800
To: EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>
Subject: Re: Spin Control Alert (LI Newsday, 2/12/96)
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A lawsuit against the atheist would not be effective and could result in
a countersuit for abuse of process.

-Declan


Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 15-Feb-96 Re: Spin Control Alert (LI
.. by "E. ALLEN SMITH"@mbcl.ru 
>         How about a lawsuit by the atheist against the site? Since the CDA
> claims that such material is harmful, and tries to make it illegal, such a
> lawsuit would appear to have grounds - especially if the atheist has a child
> that is "surfing the Net." Now, they're unlikely to _win_, but the atheist
> can cost them some money _and_ make the CDA look stupid. If I were in the
> American Atheist Foundation or some such, I'd do such a lawsuit against a
> Christian Right organization that had supported the CDA.
>         Of course, the selective enforcement will be a good argument in favor
> of the law being unconstitutional.
>         Crypto relevance? Criminal laws aren't the only things that a
> crypto-anarchial system will make less effective. Civil lawsuits
(under things
>  
> like libel) also will be. I'd call this a good change.