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Should we criminalize Daily Kos?
Or Free Republic, for that matter? Well, Linda Sanchez (D) thinks it might be a good idea.
(a) Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person, using electronic means to support severe, repeated, and hostile behavior, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
So, let me see if I understand this. If I go onto Daily Kos and start accusing the posters of being godless communists bent on destroying the USA, using withering inflammatory insults ("severe" and "hostile"), and I do so in a "repeated" manner, then according to Sanchez I should be thrown in jail.
Of course the intention is to stop 'cyber-bullying' among kids. But here is a pretty obvious case where the proposed action upon the intention will have significant unintended consequences that threaten everyone's liberty.
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Ya. is stupid.
particularly when we already have laws about emotional harrassment.
Exactly . . .
n/t
Huh?
Of course not. But save the replies. They should be priceless.
Was there a reason for this post?
yes. somebody passed a dumb, dumb law.
both kos and chemjeff are busy ripping on the stupidity of the whole shebang.
There's a basic concept of good government to be distilled here...
"Don't Make Laws because Somebody Is Crying!"
Now, if anyone is smart enough to figure out how to write a bill that would forbid this sort of stupidity, I'm all ears.
My .02 cents:
1. If a law is borderline unconstitutional, mandatory waiting period (cool down time) of a year or two.
2. Legislature should assess unconstitutionality of laws, and how much the current law covers the problem.
3. Legislatures should address how often a law is likely to be used. After all, passing a law against leading elephants around with ropes is... just unnecessary. But laws that will put significant burden on law enforcement ALSO deserve consideration.
4. Does X bill encourage frivolous litigation (I'm not saying that this one does, per se...)?
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