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CYBERGANGS The head of the gang task force for the Arizona Department of Public Safety reports that a Web site established in Detroit offers a how-to guide for gangster wannabes and is urging gang members everywhere to unite under its umbrella to form the first cyberspace gang. The official says: "Now it's in your home, your living room, your den... Unfortunately, these guys can talk about anything they want and there's nothing law enforcement can do about it." (Atlanta Journal-Constitution 8 Aug 96 F3)
Umm... yes, it's called free speech. While organizational ability might be a matter for concern, somehow I doubt that having them on the net will do any real damage... being on a computer that mine is connected to hardly puts them "in [my] home," even if my computer at home were connected to a phone line. Bloody law enforcement paranoids... -Allen
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