In regards to Tim's Internetpol comment: I wrote this back in april: ________________________________________________________________________________ Headline: Emergency Beautification of the InfoBahn UN Press Conference, April 8, 1996 UN Spokesperson Lance Rotweiler announced today that the "Information Super-Highway Beautification Resolution" had been passed in an Emergency Session of the UN Security Council. The resolution sets decency standards for electronic communications and grants broad powers to Interpol for enforcement of these standards. "There's a new sheriff in town," Rotweiler said. "It's time for child-pornographers, perverts and cryptoanarchists to get off the net. For too long, we have been allowing these sodomists to creep into our living rooms and seduce our children through the information highway. It's time to clean up." The resolution also calls for a ban on non-escrowed cryptography for personal communications and anonymous communications, which Rotweiler says is often used to conceal criminal and immoral activity. "Enforcement of the resolution has already begun," Rotweiler stated. "In Canada this morning, a warrant was issued for the arrest of a hacker who has blocked the removal of various usenet groups that advocate illegal and immoral activities, such as alt.sex.bestiality and alt.sex.bondage. We do regret that the individual chose to resist arrest and was shot under the mistaken assumption that he was armed, but as you know these groups were available to the average nine year old with a remote. You mess with our kids, and you deserve what you get." [Editors Note: The hacker, Brian Lee of Toronto Canada, was brandishing a mini-vac commonly used for cleaning computer keyboards, while shouting obscenities. The arresting officers mistook this appliance for a pistol and opened fire. Brian Lee is survived by a wife and 2.5 children. See related story "Pornography Accomplice Dies in Shoot-out"] "New operations are planned for the newly created branch of Interpol, which we are calling 'InfoPol'," Rotwieler continued. When asked whether the 'InfoPol' had world-wide jurisdiction, Rotweiler responded, "Yes, but certain holdouts in the community of nations are refusing to accept this. Most notably, Bolivia, Belize and Western Samoa, nations which make their stock and trade dealing with the criminal element. We expect these nations to come around, as the resolution calls for economic sanctions against those countries that refuse to cooperate in this great venture." End Note: When stepping away from the podium, Rotweiler was heard to mumble, "This ought to get her tentacles in a knot." When asked to explain this comment the UN spokeperson declared the press conference to be at an end. ________________________________________________________________________________ Geoff Dale | Mail me -> mailto:plaz@netcom.com AnarchyPPL Anarch | Visit me -> http://io.com/user/plaz/ Plastic Beethoven | Hire me -> http://io.com/user/plaz/rez.html plaz@netcom.com |AnarchyPPL Charter -> http://io.com/user/plaz/AnarchyPPL.html ________________________________________________________________________________ Do have nasty meme infestations? Well then, you need new Meme-Away! The most effective memicide spray on the market. *Now with extra CFCs*