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  1. 26th Jan 2006 16:24 #1
    lordsmurf
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    Thought this was funny:

    http://news.com.com/Create+an+e-annoyance%2C+go+to+jail/2010-1028_3-6022491.html?part=...2491&subj=news

    Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime.

    It's no joke. Last Thursday, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity.

    In other words, it's OK to flame someone on a mailing list or in a blog as long as you do it under your real name. Thank Congress for small favors, I guess.

    This ridiculous prohibition, which would likely imperil much of Usenet, is buried in the so-called Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act. Criminal penalties include stiff fines and two years in prison.

    "The use of the word 'annoy' is particularly problematic," says Marv Johnson, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. "What's annoying to one person may not be annoying to someone else."

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  2. 26th Jan 2006 17:31 #2
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    ??????

    Oh boy......
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  3. 26th Jan 2006 18:40 #3
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    That's effed up.
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    I don't know what you're talking about.
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  4. 26th Jan 2006 19:24 #4
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    Hey, we are all freinds, right?...right?...hello?



    Awh, com'on guys. You know I was just kidding. Right?
    IS IT SUPPOSED TO SMOKE LIKE THAT?
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  5. 26th Jan 2006 19:55 #5
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    Originally Posted by yoda313
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    Oh boy......
    good thing Yoda313 is your real name :P
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  6. 26th Jan 2006 20:31 #6
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    I find that article very annoying.

    (OK, I know that joke was too obvious, I hope I didn't annoy anyone with it.)
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  7. 26th Jan 2006 22:38 #7
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    That's been a Federal crime here for years.

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  8. 26th Jan 2006 22:46 #8
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    One prisoner says to the other."Hey buddy, Whatz ya in for? The other prisnoner says, "I annoyed a guy named Smurf"
    IS IT SUPPOSED TO SMOKE LIKE THAT?
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    Now what am I supposed to do?
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  10. 27th Jan 2006 05:30 #10
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    I think your member status needs changed to "Illegal"!

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