Trolls, Flamers, Harassers, Beware!

[Moros]

Thankfully the line between criminal harassment and general annoyance is relatively clear.

 

[Silent Enigma]

It is weirder that this law exists, or that people here are trying to defend it?

 

[momalle1]

http://news.com.com/Create+an+e-annoyance%2C+go+to+jail/2010-1028_3-6022491.html

Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime.

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Personally I am glad that this Legislation was passed. For some reason internet boards (including this one) seem to have many more liberals than the general public at large. If you took internet polls at the last general election, Kerry was winning them with 65%+ of the vote. However more traditional scientific polls and the actual election results were not swung in favor of liberals.

While many liberals just want to debate, there are also numerous liberals who like to harass, attack, troll and flame conservatives off the net. This is now a federal crime unless they do so under their real names.

No more is making a flaming post under an internet user name just breaking the particular web-board's rules, no, now it is breaking the law.

No more is seeking out those who oppose immorality and perversion and calling them "bigots" "nutjobs" or "wackos" under a nameless internet identity just bad taste, no, now it's against the law.

At the very least, this legislation will make people be a bit more civil on web-boards.

Now, who wants to take bets on how long before the ACLU trys to sue.

Yep, it's only liberals that do all of those things, you never see conservatives do it.

 

[Dracil]

http://news.com.com/Create+an+e-annoyance,+go+to+jail/2010-1028_3-6022491.html

Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime.

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Personally I am glad that this Legislation was passed. For some reason internet boards (including this one) seem to have many more liberals than the general public at large. If you took internet polls at the last general election, Kerry was winning them with 65%+ of the vote. However more traditional scientific polls and the actual election results were not swung in favor of liberals.

While many liberals just want to debate, there are also numerous liberals who like to harass, attack, troll and flame conservatives off the net. This is now a federal crime unless they do so under their real names.

No more is making a flaming post under an internet user name just breaking the particular web-board's rules, no, now it is breaking the law.

No more is seeking out those who oppose immorality and perversion and calling them "bigots" "nutjobs" or "wackos" under a nameless internet identity just bad taste, no, now it's against the law.

At the very least, this legislation will make people be a bit more civil on web-boards.

Now, who wants to take bets on how long before the ACLU trys to sue.

Your post annoyed me. You knew it was going to annoy some people and you posted it anyway, thus we've established intent. You have now committed a federal crime.

 

[Thirst_For_Knowledge]

I doubt anyone would ever be stupid enough to try and enforce this law, which sucks, because as soon as it was enforced, it would be overturned by the courts. Please, please will someone enforce this law?

 

[Ginny]

And people are prosecuted for each of those things every day.

Are yall talking about downloading music for free?

B/c I download music at buy.com and pay like 99c a song (usually).

 

[Polycarp1]

http://news.com.com/Create+an+e-annoyance%2C+go+to+jail/2010-1028_3-6022491.html

Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime.

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Personally I am glad that this Legislation was passed. For some reason internet boards (including this one) seem to have many more liberals than the general public at large. If you took internet polls at the last general election, Kerry was winning them with 65%+ of the vote. However more traditional scientific polls and the actual election results were not swung in favor of liberals.

While many liberals just want to debate, there are also numerous liberals who like to harass, attack, troll and flame conservatives off the net. This is now a federal crime unless they do so under their real names.

No more is making a flaming post under an internet user name just breaking the particular web-board's rules, no, now it is breaking the law.

No more is seeking out those who oppose immorality and perversion and calling them "bigots" "nutjobs" or "wackos" under a nameless internet identity just bad taste, no, now it's against the law.

At the very least, this legislation will make people be a bit more civil on web-boards.

Now, who wants to take bets on how long before the ACLU trys to sue.

See the title up there under my name? Be very careful of generalizing about liberals (I noticed that, unlike some previous posts, you were very careful not to utter broad generalities about "what liberals think" here. Nice bit of civility!)

By the way, this law is arguably unconstitutional under the First Amendment.

 

[Thirst_For_Knowledge]

Are yall talking about downloading music for free?

B/c I download music at buy.com and pay like 99c a song (usually).

No one really gets prosecuted for downloading music, that I am aware of. I believe they were all lawsuits.

 

[Ginny]

YYou have now committed a federal crime.

oops.... guess everyone on N/CE is arrested, b/c 90% of the time, you will find people posting things for that intent only... how many threads do we have going on, for example, about warrants/ phone tapping?

 

[Thirst_For_Knowledge]

By the way, this law is arguably unconstitutional under the First Amendment.

I don't doubt for a sexond that it is unconstitutional. The problem is that no one will ever be put on trial for it, in order for the law to get overturned.

 

[Ginny]

Yep, it's only liberals that do all of those things, you never see conservatives do it.

only when provoked, of course.

 

[PastorMikeJ]

If you don't follow the law, you go to jail.

Yes go to jail...but if you steal, sell drugs,spy on citizens or go awol you go free or become president!!

 

[PastorMikeJ]

Looking to get contract bids for building more federal jails to hold all these law breakers...wondering what to do with the real crooks...ooooh let them go...

 

[AndreLinoge]

This is outrageous. Let's hope that the Supreme Court will knock this nonsense down.

 

[Razorsharp]

Well, my name is Jason . I guess this liberal is still going to annoy all you conservatives .

 

[ClaireZ]

Oh my gosh. LOL.

Anyone ever read any of the stock boards over at Yahoo? There are tons and tons of liberals and conservatives headed for hard time!

Actually I am not sure there is a country large enough to put all the criminals away!

 

[Donkeytron]

http://news.com.com/Create+an+e-annoyance%2C+go+to+jail/2010-1028_3-6022491.html

Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime.

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Personally I am glad that this Legislation was passed. For some reason internet boards (including this one) seem to have many more liberals than the general public at large. If you took internet polls at the last general election, Kerry was winning them with 65%+ of the vote. However more traditional scientific polls and the actual election results were not swung in favor of liberals.

While many liberals just want to debate, there are also numerous liberals who like to harass, attack, troll and flame conservatives off the net. This is now a federal crime unless they do so under their real names.

No more is making a flaming post under an internet user name just breaking the particular web-board's rules, no, now it is breaking the law.

No more is seeking out those who oppose immorality and perversion and calling them "bigots" "nutjobs" or "wackos" under a nameless internet identity just bad taste, no, now it's against the law.

At the very least, this legislation will make people be a bit more civil on web-boards.

Now, who wants to take bets on how long before the ACLU trys to sue.

Bit of a huge strech to make this into a liberal/conservative issue, eh?

 

[Katlover]

If you don't follow the law, you go to jail.

Yeah, I'm sure federal marshalls will be invading Canada anytime now to take me away.

 

[ILoveYeshua]

what a bunch of bs

 

[ILoveYeshua]

this is the stupidest thing to hit the books yet.