Illinois Bans Social Network Use By Sex Offenders 587
RobotsDinner writes "Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has signed into law a bill that bans all registered sex offenders from using social networks. '"Obviously, the Internet has been more and more a mechanism for predators to reach out," said Sen. Bill Brady (R-Bloomington), a sponsor of the measure and a governor candidate. "The idea was, if the predator is supposed to be a registered sex offender, they should keep their Internet distance as well as their physical distance."'"
Re:Punishment doesn't fit the Crime (Score:5, Funny)
you seem to want to use facebook
Re:Punishment doesn't fit the Crime (Score:5, Funny)
You say that like it is a bad thing.
Are all C programmers sex offenders? (Score:4, Funny)
Wow, does this mean ASCII art too? Then I must admit I'm a sex offender! I have sometimes used the expression if (C==8) in my programs...
Re:Punishment doesn't fit the Crime (Score:5, Funny)
I took a leak outside the bar one night when I was drunk and now I'm banned from Facebook for life.
What's wrong with this picture?
That's not the worst bit. You would be banned from Twitter too. At that point, there is little left to live for.
Re:Are all C programmers sex offenders? (Score:2, Funny)
Nah, I don't think that counts as a sex offense. However, there should be a registry for those who use "magic numbers" in their code. Sorry, you can't live within a 1000 feet of my computer :)
Re:Punishment doesn't fit the Crime (Score:3, Funny)
I wonder if '4chan' is considered a social network.
Banned from 4chan for being a Sex Offender.
That would be a problem because I think that is also one of the requirements for membership in 4chan.
Re:Punishment doesn't fit the Crime (Score:3, Funny)
I took a leak outside the bar one night when I was drunk and now I'm banned from Facebook for life.
What's wrong with this picture?
The government shouldn't reward public urination?
Re:Punishment doesn't fit the Crime (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Incoming 1st Amendment Challenge (Score:5, Funny)
What about a Slashdot account?
Clearly, Slashdot counts as an antisocial network.