I've been watching this nightmare unfold. If it passes the senate. I'm
going to file a suit, maybe get the help of a free speech attorney. I
feel this is very unconstitutional. I'll be damned if I let it pass
without a fight. Don't care if it costs me everything I have either. Not
that I have much.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Fowler [mailto:jfowler@westrope.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 4:11 PM
> To: Kclug@Kclug. Org
> Subject: Be afraid, be very afraid...
> 
> 
> House votes life sentences for hackers:
> http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-965750.html
> 
> >Smith said: "Until we secure our cyberinfrastructure, a few 
> keystrokes and an
> Internet connection is all one >needs to disable the economy 
> and endanger lives.
> A mouse can be just as dangerous as a bullet or a bomb."
> 
> I seriously doubt an internet connection can kill anyone... A 
> mouse as dangerous
> as a bullet or a bomb? Please... This guy got some bad info.
> 
> <rant>
> I can't stand the fact that our Republican Government is 
> trying to strip away
> our rights one by one in the name of national security. I'm 
> sick and tired of
> reading about stupid laws that take away our rights. DMCA, 
> The Patriot Act,
> CSEA, Homeland Security, and on and on... I swear our 
> Government won't be happy
> until it knows what everyone of us is doing at any given 
> time. Do you really
> think this bill would pass before Sept. 11? Do you really 
> think we would be back
> in Iraq if Sept. 11 never happened? Do you really think 
> Americans would gladly
> give up these freedoms in the name of Nation Security before 
> Sept. 11? Do you
> really think certain members of the government didn't know 
> terrorists were going
> to hijack airplanes and crash them into buildings? Please, 
> they have us right
> where they want us now. Fear is their weapon, fear that our 
> lives are in danger
> by "evil doers". Take away my rights, I don't care, just do 
> whatever you have to
> do to protect me and mine. Our country was founded by people 
> who bravely died
> for their freedom. They would turn over in their graves if 
> they knew we were
> gladly giving away these freedoms in our cowardice. We, as a 
> nation, must take
> back control of our freedom and stop being afraid. Many of us 
> may die by the
> hands of terrorists, but at least we die bravely in the name 
> of freedom.
> </rant>
> 
> 
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