Melon traffickers --> Soul traffickers

[Tim May]

On Wednesday, September 5, 2001, at 06:06 PM, A. Melon wrote:

> Tim May writes:
>> I often talk about "re-commenters" (hyphen added to emphasize the
>> "commenter" part). If I get mail, or letters, or e-mail, and then pass
>> it along to my friends or others, WHERE IN THE FIRST does it say I need
>> permission from government?
>
> You're absolutely right, no law could stop you from being a 
> re-commenter.
> However, you would be liable for everything you said.  This would mean
> that you pay the penalty for any illegal message, any obscenity, any
> violation of copyright.
>
> In short being a re-commenter buys you absolutely nothing.  Any message
> so innocuous that it could be delivered by a re-commenter (like this 
> one,
> for example) does not really need anonymity.
>

Including this one?:

Hey, Nomen, I just got this message. Any idea what it means?

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