Recollect all those World War II propoganda movies where the evil Nazi would sneer: "Ve know you have relatives in ze Fatherland" According Scientific American (page 40, october 1996, an early version of a proposed German web control law would require operators of "media services" to provide German authorities with the name of a german resident who would be "subject to unlimited criminal liabilities". The Scientific American commentator predicted a low rate of compliance. --------------------------------------------------------------------- | We have the right to defend ourselves | http://www.jim.com/jamesd/ and our property, because of the kind | of animals that we are. True law | James A. Donald derives from this right, not from the | arbitrary power of the state. | jamesd@echeque.com