-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Sat, 21 Sep 1996 hallam@vesuvius.ai.mit.edu wrote:
If you call for people to be murdered - and let us not forget that this is what AP is about you bear the responsibility when someone acts on it.
So much for free speech. Do you think people distributing bomb-making material should be held responsible for any terrorist incidents. Quite a few people on this list who posted bomb-making material would be arrested. Same with chemistry book publishers and news magazines that had some pretty detailed information about pipe bombs. I fail to see any difference between the two.
I consider AP to be very close to calling for the assasination of the President of the USA. That is a federal crime and there is a law that requires the investigation of any such threats. I suggest that people think *very* carefully before engaging in this dangerous nonsense any further.
Do you really consider speech to be "dangerous." The law requiring investigation of threats against the president is a stupid one. The maintainer of the exploding head page was investigated by the USSS after putting up computer-generated pictures of Bob Dole's head exploding (Presidential candidates are also covered under this law). There's too much potential for abuse.
PS it is not censorship to stop people from advocating murder.
Then all prosecuters pushing for the death penalty, death penalty advocates, and anyone who advocates going to war with another country should all be thrown in jail. I might as well ask the common question again: "What part of 'Congress shall make no law' don't you understand?" Mark - -- PGP encrypted mail prefered. Key fingerprint = d61734f2800486ae6f79bfeb70f95348 http://www.voicenet.com/~markm/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3 Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBMkRcaizIPc7jvyFpAQFEcAgAhJr/0veZSx/nX+DNQK/mov53sJzQo8f/ dF7DOTahAII8HX0ysKfJ3qJ/bQMZBXh3e47c0WdX/Mze6/4rinBdDp2aYgc1Xnvc wMkD3Wm+LFuYlJ0Dq3TcUddgEzOd3CYgl2IQVHVx8qs3900qF4b/HQiiGnt+k9A5 Id2k1CQW+CfuGRGB2hBaqltLOY+62qHqwocGoHKB0j5S11mBuekFxYf/JfhMRncN MsaFOZz8HT9n/w78Lz358lU7jxsDJdpkPOJ5bD3I5BKnUuVlJlCsENkvwJtws98E 8thG++TqpeqcB8vHYZ+soj52TMeC5WEaFAcL0d5Hzf/O0gKXSs22pA== =L3sm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----