From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 10:33:05 +0800
To: Mutant Rob <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Another Motivation for the CDA
Message-ID: <m0tuNfF-00092kC@pacifier.com>
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At 08:45 AM 3/6/96 -0500, Mutant Rob wrote:
>Timothy C. May wrote:
>> 
>> Given that Sen. Fineswine is one of the strongest supporters of gun
>> confiscation, and that she had this to say about the Telecom Bill:[..]
>
>Felons may not own a gun unless granted a waiver by certain judges. They
>also lose the right to vote, BTW.
>
>I think you're reading too much into motives, Tim.  I don't think that
>most in congress are capable of thinking that elaborately, and besides,
>if someone is convicted of violating the CDA for saying "fuck" online,
>that is the type of felony that one can get a judge's waiver for...

I am NOT relieved at hearing this.  If one must have a "judge's waiver," 
then that means he probably can "request" whatever other conditions he 
chooses to put on his waiver.  The government still has a motivation to make 
every crime a felony, down to and including jaywalking and speeding tickets. 
 (Don't try to tell me "they can't turn speeding tickets into a felony."  
The term "felony" is defined, and can be RE-defined, to whatever the 
legislature wants at any time.  Naturally, this won't occur all at once; 
it'll happen in "reasonable" stages.)

All the more reason to adopt a system that will rid us of these parasites 
forever.

KnowhutImean?

Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com

Klaatu Burada Nikto

Something is going to happen.   Something.......................Wonderful!
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