Hi, I was just reviewing the various emails on this topic trying to create a cogent whole, or at least the start of it. Anyway, I realize that at least one cpunk out there seems to seriously think that I brought this subject up with regards to the 'criminal libel' issue and wanting to send some sort of message to others. Hardly. That started yesterday, way after I was already looking at the issue. Furthermore, I no more want to slap more spin doctor output in front of others than to have to look at it myself. I was mainly trying to make a prediction about the future and then seeing, if reasonable, how long it took. Perhaps a little explanation is in order. I was going to the grocery store the other day and the perennial grape picketers were out there. It occured to me that some comparison between a public sidewalk and a public backbone could be made. I began to draw comparisons and it became clear that something was up here. It occurs to me that somebody with the right motivation might want to claim that they have a right to put a box on such a backbone (ie stand on the sidewalk in front of the store) and scrape for particular addresses (ie the business they want to picket). Now the picketers can't stop anyone from going in the store (ie packets going down the pipe) by they can attempt to talk to them as well as wave large lettered signs in their face (ie put a short banner page on their screen). A webpage could do this by putting up a single page with a continue button (ie a path to the door of the store). You could no more stop them from searching packets than you could stop somebody from standing or walking beside you down a public street. _______________________________________________________________________ | | | Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. | | | | Slovenian Proverb | | | | Jim Choate ravage@ssz.com | | The Armadillo Group www.ssz.com | | Austin, Texas, USA 512-451-7087 | |_______________________________________________________________________|