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NJ Bill Would Prohibit Anonymous Posts on Forums

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the glad-we're-not-in-nj dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The New Jersey legislature is considering a bill that would require operators of public forums to collect users' legal names and addresses, and effectively disallow anonymous speech on online forums. This raises some serious issues, such as to what extent local and state governments can go in enacting and enforcing Internet legislation."

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  1. Frist post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    First post! (Soon to be illegal)

    1. Re:Frist post by SEWilco · · Score: 5, Funny

      Void where prohibited by law.

    2. Re:Frist post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Anyone else think it would have been hilarious if we'd all posted anonymously to this story?

  2. With apologies to Douglas Adams by Tackhead · · Score: 4, Funny
    > This raises some serious issues, such as to what extent local and state governments can go in enacting and enforcing Internet legislation.

    Assemblyman Peter J. Biondi: Come off it, Mr. Coward! You can't stand in front of the tanks in Tienanmen Square indefinitely! This law for the information superhighway has got to be built, and it's going to be built!

    Anonymous Coward: Why's it got to be built?

    Biondi: What do you mean "why"? It's a law! You've got to pass laws! You were quite entitled to make any suggestions or protests at the appropriate time, you know.

    Anonymous Coward: Appropriate time?! The first I knew about it was when you pre-filed Assembly Bill No. 1327, the cops showed up and they said they were ready to come and take me away!

    Biondi: Have you any idea how much damage the government would suffer if we just let the law roll straight over you?

    Anonymous Coward: No, how much?

    Biondi: None at all.

    Vogon: Apathetic bloody citizenry. I've no sympathy at all.

  3. Predictable results by Rei · · Score: 5, Funny

    "In other news, roads became congested today as a wave of trucks was seen hauling piles of servers across the New Jersey state line..."

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    1. Re:Predictable results by StonedYoda47 · · Score: 5, Funny

      You've never driven in Jersey on a normal day, have you?

    2. Re:Predictable results by Snap+E+Tom · · Score: 4, Funny

      Meh. At least the state will collect a buttload of revenue from all the tolls.

    3. Re:Predictable results by Del+Vach · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's the funny thing about going between Pennsylvania and Jersey. It's free to get into Jersey, but you've gotta pay to get out.

    4. Re:Predictable results by squizzz · · Score: 5, Funny

      Will, or will not: http://www.zug.com/pranks/turnpike/

  4. I can picture it already. by dc29A · · Score: 4, Funny

    Instead of anonymous users, you'll have:

    Name: Hugh Jass.
    Address: 123 Fake Street.
    Email: yourmomma@home.com

    Brilliant idea!

    1. Re:I can picture it already. by Reziac · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, no, no. You'll have only ONE user, who makes ALL the posts:

      Name: Peter J. Biondi
      Address: 1 E. High St., Somerville NJ 08876
      email: AsmBiondi@njleg.org

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  5. Re:Brrrrrrr by lgw · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can scream defamation/libel at the top of my lungs

    Actually, you can't scream libel no matter how hard you try, you can only scream slander. You have to write libel. Of course, you can scream "libel", but that not quite the same thing.

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  6. But, but, but... by aphoenix · · Score: 4, Funny

    It just doesn't seem fair to make people actually admit that they're from New Jersey. Isn't this persection? I mean, think of some poor guy, sitting there of an evening, trying to pick up online, maybe a little bit of troll-on-orc action, when *bam*, the person on the other end figures out that he's from Newark. That guy's just never going to get cyber-ass again.

  7. Re:Drive people out of the state... by jferris · · Score: 3, Funny
    No! We want all the people in New Jersey to stay in New Jersey. We put all of the remedial level drivers there so that they aren't on our roads.

    Think of the children!

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  8. Re:I've said it before... by Council · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fucking Jersey.

    Which is like New Jersey, only a little farther west and markedly more liberal.

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