On Tue, 8 Oct 1996, Vladimir Z. Nuri wrote: I wasn't going to post on this thread again till I read this:
of course lack or presence of a response to anything I or anyone else says here is a pretty meaningless metric. but I was speculating that there might be some weaknesses in wiretap laws because it didn't seem like there had been a huge amount of attention focused on them based on what I've seen on this list-- relative to the *enormous* attention focused on ITAR case law, software patents (esp. crypto), etc.
Wait, a lack of response on this is a meaningless metric, yet a lack of response on this list is enough for you to make a judgement about the nature of weaknesses in wiretap law? Meaningless or meaningful? Which is it? I think medication time passed without notice at the "Nuri" residence.
I fully agree that Bell has some really fringe ideas about the law, but it was Unicorn who grouped me in with Bell.
Uh, where was this exactly? I think it was you who grouped yourself in with Bell and then attributed the idea to me.
I think that it's interesting and good that people are working on their own theories of law apart from the traditional institutional ones.
for the record, that's something Bell is doing that Unicorn mistakenly attributed to me. I'm advocating challenging the laws not via anarchy or technical means but using the built-in mechanism to do so-- the appeals process.
When did I attribute anything of the kind to you? All I did was quote your "new direction" in wiretap case law intrepretation which is neither new, a direction worth going in, nor good legal intrepretation.
sounds like something Bell would do. no, I'm looking for weaknesses in wiretap law such that a seasoned lawyer might mount an actual legal case in trying to appeal to the supreme court and get a favorable decision that rules wiretapping in certain kinds of situations illegal.
And we seasoned lawyers, three of us last I counted, told you that you were an idiot for suggesting it. I guess we hurt your feelings because you turned around and asked for a "civilized" lawyer. (Read: one who will listen to your ranting). You wanted a legal opinion, you got more than one. Now go away.
The EFF's failure to work on your little project seems like it might be caused by:
excuse me, this is not "my little project". I take no ownership of it at all. I post to fire off the neurons of others.
Try using your own next time. -- I hate lightning - finger for public key - Vote Monarchist unicorn@schloss.li