Re: Making fun of the Postal Service is not allowed

Things are really getting whacked out, if what this guy says is true. (I was partly joking in my comments, but he claims some serious actions are happening. So much for free speech, once again.) --Tim

From: Douglas Begle Newsgroups: ba.mountain-folk,scruz.general Subject: Re: Making fun of the Postal Service is not allowed Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 10:59:03 -0800 Organization: Sun Microsystems Lines: 30 Message-ID: <34EDD277.DC25199E@sun.com>

Tim May wrote:

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It's not the County one has to worry about, it's the U.S. Postal Service.

I assume you all saw the proposal that making fun of the Postal Service be made a crime? Seems the USPS is not amused by a computer game called "Going Postal," and wants this game renamed, else they'll file defamation charges.

A bit like the head of the American Bar Association telling us a year or so ago that the ABA was considering legal remedies for the epidemic of lawyer jokes.

Only in Amerika.

--Tim May

Ha! so true. A friend of mine created the Disgruntled Postal Worker Zone at

http://www.well.com/user/ecp/index.html

The USPS issued a cease-and-desist demand. Twice. He hasn't. Twice. I think the USPS is still jawing at his lawyer, but he keeps the site updated.

I bought some of the "Disgruntled? Ask me." buttons a while back. Gems.

Doug