J=FCrgen_A=2E_Erhard on Thu, 20 Sep 2001 21:04:54 +0200 (CEST) |
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--pgp-sign-Multipart_Thu_Sep_20_13:27:14_2001-1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >>>>> "Harsh" =3D=3D Harsh Kapoor <aiindex@mnet.fr> writes: Just read this... after watching the news and hearing that George W. is "patient" (me thinks: "Yes, because he's waiting for the US population to be even more malleable... maybe he's waiting for another terrorist attack."). Then, the next item, that the FBI has information about a planned next wave of terrorist attacks, presumably for next weekend. Bingo! And then I read this... Harsh> http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=3D01/07/28/2336239&mode=3D= nested Harsh> U.K. Anti-Terrorism Law Imperils Hackers, Privacy Harsh> posted by cicero on Saturday July 28, @06:34PM Harsh> from the how-nice-that-hackers-are-covered-too dept. Harsh> A U.K. law that took effect this year gives police far-rangi= ng powers Harsh> to make warrantless arrests, enter buildings without court o= rders, and Harsh> punish people for having information that could be useful to Harsh> terrorists. Harsh> The measure, called the Terrorism Act of 2000, received roya= l assent Harsh> in July 2000. It became law in February 2001. [snipperoonio...] Harsh> Americans, be warned. Congress is spending more and more tim= e talking Harsh> about bio-chem, Internet, and nuclear attacks. Soon you coul= d be Harsh> facing the same invasions of privacy and property. Does this strike a chord? For me, it strikes a power chord. (Feel like writing some hard-core punk song about it... which would still be to weak for what I feel). Harsh> "The legislation which gives the authorities extra Harsh> powers should have to be renewed by parliament Harsh> regularly rather than being permanent legislation. The Harsh> definition of terrorism is also far too wide, in spite Harsh> of significant efforts by Liberal Democrats and others Harsh> in parliament to improve it," Simon Hughes, Liberal Harsh> Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, said in a Harsh> statement. Hey, at least some people are still rational... unfortunately, they are a minority. Honest, I fear for the future (I'm reminded of "Give me Liberty" by Frank Miller... in a bad, a very bad way) Bye, J PS: I'm still thinking this through... a long posting might be forthcoming. One that a lot of people probably won't like (like the U.S. administration). --=20 J=FCrgen A. Erhard (juergen.erhard@gmx.net, jae@users.sf.net) MARS: http://members.tripod.com/Juergen_Erhard/mars_index.html Give a man fire and he will be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life. --pgp-sign-Multipart_Thu_Sep_20_13:27:14_2001-1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEABECAAYFAjup0pwACgkQN0B+CS56qs1dWwCfS3Kzpfsz4ucOxt9d9kvEu3RF HBAAoJhJEHDdeJFG/d24fYXEILh5FRTd =9xpU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pgp-sign-Multipart_Thu_Sep_20_13:27:14_2001-1-- # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net