Jim, please do not email me privately unless you want to say something to me privately. It appears as though you sent the below message to the list and then to me in a different message; there is no need for this, and it violates netiquette. In any case, I'm inclined to believe that the First Amendment should not grant special rights to people who call themselves bookstores and journalists. Rather, we should all enjoy those rights. Being an Official Approved Government-Certified Journalist -- and I am one -- writing an article should not mean I have special privileges that only I enjoy and someone from an unapproved newspaper, or a cypherpunk subscriber writing about the same topic, does not. -Declan At 05:29 PM 2/13/01 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:
I'd want to read the documents in this case. But quick thoughts: The scope of civil discovery has broadened too much in the U.S. That said, I'm not sure why bookstores should be treated differently than other businesses.
Congress shall make no law respecting freedom of speech or press.
I'll give you a mental problem to ponder, if you can infringe my speech or press by intimidating or denying access to others then there is no free speech or press and the right has been infringed.
"He's guilty, he read "Hunt for Red October"!"
It doesn't surprise me that most of the crypto-anarchist cranks (you people should really look up the definition of that word before you use it) on this list wouldn't get it.