Death Penalty Expanded
What's next, the death penalty for unregistered crypto? No doubt Swinestein plans to introduce her own version of this in Amerika. --Tim # Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 6:43:53 PST # # TAIPEI, Nov 24 (AFP) - Taiwan brought in new heavy penalties # Monday to curb illegal firearm possession in an effort to tackle a # rising crime wave here. # Under an amended law effective from Monday anyone caught # manufacturing, selling or transporting illegal firearms faces the # death penalty. Previously the law stipulated a maximum penalty of # seven years jail. # The move comes just five days after the island's most wanted # fugitive gave himself up to police. # "The amened law is expected to emerge as a deterrent force to # effectively keep at bay illegal holding of firearms," President Lee # Teng-hui said. # In the past, nearly 80 percent of offenders under the law faced # only 18 months jail and were often released on parole after serving # a third of their sentence, official statistics show.
On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Tim May wrote:
What's next, the death penalty for unregistered crypto?
No doubt Swinestein plans to introduce her own version of this in Amerika.
["Own a gun, be 'put to sleep'" law elided] And people said my old prediction that we'll see 10 year sentences for use of illgal crypto were extreme. Swinestein must be drooling at the prospect. As usual, the masses will love the idea, as long as it (might) save just one child. On a completely unrelated note, is there some interest in starting up a "Cypherpunks Nuclear Physics Study Group"? I recently finished reading "The Curve of Binding Energy". Fascinating book. -- Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to> PGP v5 encrypted email preferred. "Tonga? Where the hell is Tonga? They have Cypherpunks there?"
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In <v03102805b0a6d8a372fc@[207.167.93.63]>, on 11/30/97 at 03:50 AM, Tim May <tcmay@got.net> said:
What's next, the death penalty for unregistered crypto?
No doubt Swinestein plans to introduce her own version of this in Amerika.
Well such laws usually have the opposite affect then intended. If gun possession becomes a capital offence then when the storm troopers come what does one have to loose by taking out as many as one can. Or even better yet taking out the criminal ring leaders before they ever get around to sending their lackeys to your door.
# Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 6:43:53 PST # # TAIPEI, Nov 24 (AFP) - Taiwan brought in new heavy penalties # Monday to curb illegal firearm possession in an effort to tackle a # rising crime wave here. # Under an amended law effective from Monday anyone caught # manufacturing, selling or transporting illegal firearms faces the # death penalty. Previously the law stipulated a maximum penalty of # seven years jail. # The move comes just five days after the island's most wanted # fugitive gave himself up to police. # "The amened law is expected to emerge as a deterrent force to # effectively keep at bay illegal holding of firearms," President Lee # Teng-hui said. # In the past, nearly 80 percent of offenders under the law faced # only 18 months jail and were often released on parole after serving # a third of their sentence, official statistics show.
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On a completely unrelated note, is there some interest in starting up a "Cypherpunks Nuclear Physics Study Group"? I recently finished reading "The Curve of Binding Energy". Fascinating book.
Yes, but how about expanding the focus generally to WOMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction)? --Steve
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