From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 01:10:28 +0800
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Subject: Re: Profanity, PCS phones, and FCC
In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19970604013225.007eb590@descartes.bluemoney.com>
Message-ID: <v03102814afbb4e7abcbb@[207.167.93.63]>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain



At 7:03 AM -0700 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.

I notice that a *lot* of just such "unenforceable and they don't really
care" things got added to the laundry list of thought crimes in Jim Bell's
case.

Lots of laws ensure that citizen-units are always guilty of something.


--Tim May

There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws.
Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!"
---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:----
Timothy C. May              | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money,
tcmay@got.net  408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero
W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA  | knowledge, reputations, information markets,
Higher Power: 2^1398269     | black markets, collapse of governments.
"National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."