Proposed Legislation Is Mooninite Fallout

theantipop writes "Ars Technica has a story about the Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act, a bill introduced recently by the Senate. The bill aims to 'amend the federal criminal code to include a number of new clauses meant to up the ante on wasting government resources. The amendments include extensions to the prohibitions on the spread of false information and mailing threats, increases to maximum prison terms, and allowances for civil suits so that local and federal governments can attempt to recoup expenses related to an incident.' This is undoubtedly a reaction to the Great Mooninite Scare of 2007."

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...and in related news,

[Srass]

Congress has just passed a bill making it illegal to make government officials look like idiots. Government officials were unavailable for comment, having been immediately arrested upon passage of the bill. This has started talk of a bill to make "making stupid things illegal" illegal, but it is unknown whether anyone is now left to vote on the bill, or, possibly more to the point, who will argue incessantly over whether the bill is self-contradictory or not.

Re:...and in related news,

[bckrispi]

We all know that government officials are nerds. And on the moon, nerds get their pants pulled down and they are spanked with moon rocks.

Re:...and in related news,

[TheHornedOne]

Mr. Yossarian was unavailable for comment.

Re:...and in related news,

[Gazzonyx]

No, No, No!
Slashdotters will never understand that!

You're not using K&R or GNU bracket styles, and there's no indentation! I know what you're thinking, "but it's a single line, you don't need brackets!", and right you are! However, we're an anal bunch.

Hey, guys, relax, what he's saying is:
if (Crime.TimeStamp < Law.TimeStamp)
{
Crime.getPerp().setFree();
}
else
{
Crime.getPerp().incarcerate();
}

the finger

[Corpuscavernosa]

I'm giving this act the finger, AS HARD AS I CAN.

Re:Watch out for DHMO

[RingDev]

"prohibitions on the spread of false information...."

I smell a veto coming!

-Rick

I drew a mooninite on my dry erase board at work.

[Associate]

I was informed by a coworker that I might get into trouble over the finger. So I erased just the finger. But that hasn't stopped others from adding penises or hats or other features to my mooninite.

Re:Watch out for DHMO

[einhverfr]

No. In the case of WMD's in Iraq, spreading false information was the government's job. THey just don't want any competition.

Re:Watch out for DHMO

[ringm000]

False information? It looks like all the information on DHMO.org is true.

Re:I'm sorry, that's not a questions about hair.

[BakaHoushi]

I think of it another way. Captain Kirk once said, Alcohol is the cause of, and solution to, most of life's problems.

Government is the cause of all of life's problems, but have legislation preventing the solutions from being released to the general public.

Re:Watch out for DHMO

[PopeRatzo]

There's actually quite a few scientists in the global warming debate that has constantly made claims with out showing evidence, or with showing completely faulty evidence and when someone disproves it, the disproving evidence is ignored and the fictions evidence is still regarded as undeniable proof.

I want you to do your very best not to be quite so dopey. Tomorrow is a new day, time for a fresh start.

Say it aloud: "I will stop being so dopey. I will fight my inclination to be played by every rightwing radio loudmouth to come along. I will actually check into the facts behind global warming rather than just take Rush Limbaugh's word for it."

You'll be OK. It takes some time. We're all pulling for you.

Re:Watch out for DHMO

[Rei]

Nonsense! The war in Iraq was launched to establish freedom for the Iraqis, not to find weapons of mass destruction, which obviously weren't there. Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and was threatening America with them, and wouldn't let the inspectors in. Iraq destroyed all of the weapons before the war, after shipping them to Syria and Iran, to make us look bad. We then found the weapons when we invaded.

At least, that's what I'm told by the good people at Fox News. By the way -- why do you hate America?

Almost Completely OT but..

[lmnfrs]

One evening just after dark a friend of mine was walking home and saw a car on his street slow down abruptly. It swerved towards the shoulder then took off, racing away and around the corner. He went inside and within a couple minutes he heard sirens. There were half a dozen police cars blocking off his street, and a bomb squad van a couple houses down. He stepped outside to ask the police what was going on; apparently the guy had seen a pipe bomb in the street, which was why he sped off. My friend was told to remain inside until further notice.

15 minutes later there was a knock on his door. A police officer told him it was ok to come outside, it was a false alarm. Asked what the suspicious object was, if it wasn't a pipe bomb, the officer explained that it was a "large dildo".

Re:A story from the military

[bill_mcgonigle]

I still don't know who the clown was who left his boots in a box by the mail, but it had the Duty on the verge of calling the MPs, Hazmat, and the OOD.

That's easy - a tipsy leatherneck who thought it would be a hoot to see a box of boots get blown up by the ordinance disposal team. :)

Re:Watch out for DHMO

[Sj0]

You're an astroturfer with poor rhetorical skills. Get the fuck out.

I've presented evidence, direct, conclusive proof that can be backed up by anyone living in the North, that global warming exists and has caused significant climate changes in the past 25 years.

Go back to Fox News Channel.

Re:A story from the military

[Dorceon]

If you're menaced by a lout in a bar with a broken bottle, who do you want to come to your rescue? Do you want a nice, reasonable, New York Times reading diplomatic type, who'll ask everyone to sit down and discuss it?

Depends: Can I outrun the poindexter? If so, I'm not the one who has to deal with the lout.