State Lawmaker Wants To Ban Anonymous Posting Online 471
bfwebster writes "According to a local news article from last week, Kentucky state lawmaker Tim Couch wants to ban anonymous posting on the internet in order to 'cut down on online bullying', which he says has been 'a particular problem in eastern Kentucky.' His bill would require posters to register with their real names and e-mail addresses under threat of fines. Looks like another battle in the right for anonymous free speech."
Ummm... (Score:5, Informative)
Ah yes, here we go: http://www.eff.org/issues/anonymity [eff.org]
Yet another law just waiting to be struck down, and it took five seconds on Google to demonstrate why.
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It's not you he wants... (Score:2, Informative)
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In dirty commie strongholds, governments own the people, that run the companies, that makes the money, that funds the government. The elite are the government, and since everyone knows who is really in charge, revolution is more attainable and more likely.
Read the rest of the article (Score:4, Informative)
(I love you Sandra, but you're not the most computer savvy individual)
Re:Read the rest of the article (Score:3, Informative)
This was the original story. Replying to myself, yeah I know.. but I didn't have the link yet for my prior post.
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He claims that this is to prevent cyber-bullying (I hate that term) in our schools, but he probably wants to get revenge on the owner of kyvotes.org. It's a website that lists all the bills being debated in the legislature, and gives people the ability to comment on those bills. Considering the extreme ignorance of almost all of our legislators, they get ripped pretty badly. Here's the discussion for this bill: http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/2008-HB-775 [kentuckyvotes.org]
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Re:Offtopic -- personal request! (Score:2, Informative)
They also make a very distinct differentiation between "hard" and "soft" drugs. Weed and hash are considered soft drugs, while cocaine and heroine are hard drugs, and are definitely illegal. But, the Dutch government does make a big attempt to help people with drug problems, including giving free methadone to the hardcore junkies, in the attempts to help them clean up.
And regarding the comment about number of drug addicts in Amsterdam compared to the U.S., the Netherlands has about 16 million people. U.S. has about 300 million. Of course with that many more people, there is going to be a larger number of drug addicted people.
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Representative Tim Couch [ky.gov] Bio Highlights:
Church of God
Hazard Community College
NRA. Natl Wild Turkey Federation
Hyden Masonic Lodge 664
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