...and I was just thinking the other day it would be cool to create a government blocking service maintaining a list of disallowed IPs and providing a click-thru redirect agreement complete with legal enforcement. ;) Matt -----Original Message----- From: James S. Tyre [mailto:j.s.tyre@CYBERPASS.NET] Sent: Friday, October 23, 1998 2:59 PM To: CYBERIA-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Death, Politics and the Net [There *is* a cyberia connection in here, somewhere, I think.] I'm sure you all (in the U.S., at least) have heard of the murdered Tennessee state senator, and that his opponent in the upcoming election is now charged with the crime. Well, turns out that the boys aren't just from anywhere in TN, but from Putnam County, home of the cookie-monster suit between the local guvvies and the Putnam Pit <http://www.putnampit.com/>. So, always interested in alternative viewpoints, thought I'd see what the Pit had to say, in it's own inimitable way. Found that its home page now says what follows. Thought it might interest some, for reasons unrelated to the alleged crime. ---- Welcome to The Putnam Pit online Because of the costs associated with producing The Putnam Pit caused by local government civil rights violations, government officials, employees and their agents may no longer access this site without a subscription. This site is a private forum. It is private property and protected by copyright law and the fourth amendment to the United States Constitution. If you do not work for or represent the Cookeville or Putnam County, Tenn., governments, are not using a government computer or government Internet account and agree no portion of any material posted here will be made available to the governments of Cookeville or Putnam County, Tenn., or their agents, click here for free access. Notice to employees, officials or agents of the Cookeville or Putnam County, Tenn., governments, and those using a government computer or government Internet account: If you are an employee, official or agent of the Cookeville or Putnam County, Tenn., governments, or you are using a government computer or government Internet account you must purchase a subscription to access The Putnam Pit. A subscription costs $20 and may be obtained by sending a check to The Putnam Pit, P.O. Box 1483, Cookeville, Tenn. 38503. If you access any page of the material managed and owned by The Putnam Pit, Inc., without a subscription, you agree by that access to pay $500 per incident of access to each page accessed every time you access it. You further agree to waive all rights to contest collection of any debt thereby incurred, and enter into this agreement on behalf of the government entity on whose computer or through whose Internet account your access was facilitated. You further represent by clicking below and accessing The Putnam Pit's private and copyrighted property to allow The Putnam Pit or its agents to inspect the hard drive of your computer to determine the number of times the site was accessed according to he terms of this contract to determine the amount owed. click here