Ooooh, the personal responsibility argument. Buddy, you are so full of bs. Fine, let's take your argument another step or two logically. Since the government shouldn't foot the bill for anything that results from personal actions, then we should stop paying for treatment for a lung cancers (a result of smoking, a personal choice), all maternity benefits and infant care (after all, if you hadn't had sex), all medical treatment for automobile injuries (if you hadn't been driving the car you wouldn't have been hurt)...blah blah blah. We could make a long list of what shouldn't be done then that won't be covered, if you use personal responsiblity/personal actions as your standards. I'm sure something that you do would be on that list...
The fact is, sex is an intregal part of human nature. Outside of the pope, everyone pretty much does it. Has been that way, and likely always will be. Having said that, you must realize that NOTHING will 100% protect you (other than complete abstinence) from HIV. Some things are pretty good but nothing is 100%. Until that changes, government should do all it can to stop this epidemic.
You should educate yourself before you make really ignorant and damaging statements like your post. How sad.
It's not that expensive. You could pv shingle the southern side roof of an average home for ~$10,000 - I know, as a friend has hard quotes. Assuming the shingles last only 10 years, that about $1000/year in costs that you'd have to recoup. Given that some areas of the country have exhorbitantly high power bills (anyone been to California lately? Or Texas in July/August?), you'd only have to save less than $100/month in power costs to make this work. Small price to pay in my mind. Should be required on all new construction.
Soliciting a Washington resident via email is attempting to conduct business. Doesn't matter if the email originates from Walla Walla, New York or New Delhi. Once you attempt to solicit business in this state, you are subject to the jurisdiction of Washington courts. Case law is crystal clear on this and has been for decades. Read the International Shoe case from the 40s. It explains the concept pretty well. Interestingly enough, it was a US Supreme Court case that dealt with solicitation/conducting business in Washington state by an out of state company. It's one of the foremost cases on jurisdiction of state courts over non-resident defendants.
Keep in mind this only applies to email sent to Washington residents - and then only if it's fraudulent.
On the more pragmatic side of it: If you don't like Washington's law on this you have two choices. 1. Don't send emails with false headers - emails with authentic headers are not covered by this law. 2. Don't send commercial email to Washington residents. Then you don't have to worry about. Can't figure out if someone is a Washington resident or not? Too bad.
Not quite right. Soliciting is a form of conducting business. Soliciting a person within the State of Washington is an attempt to conduct business within the borders of that state. US courts at the federal and state levels have consistently held that if you attempt to/ or conduct business in that state, you are subject to the laws of that state, regardless of where you reside. The effect? You attempt to do business here (Washington) you better be prepared to answer to the courts. Just because you live out of state does not mean that I can't get you with a summons or subpoena using the long-arm statutes.
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Ooooh, the personal responsibility argument. Buddy, you are so full of bs. Fine, let's take your argument another step or two logically. Since the government shouldn't foot the bill for anything that results from personal actions, then we should stop paying for treatment for a lung cancers (a result of smoking, a personal choice), all maternity benefits and infant care (after all, if you hadn't had sex), all medical treatment for automobile injuries (if you hadn't been driving the car you wouldn't have been hurt)...blah blah blah. We could make a long list of what shouldn't be done then that won't be covered, if you use personal responsiblity/personal actions as your standards. I'm sure something that you do would be on that list... The fact is, sex is an intregal part of human nature. Outside of the pope, everyone pretty much does it. Has been that way, and likely always will be. Having said that, you must realize that NOTHING will 100% protect you (other than complete abstinence) from HIV. Some things are pretty good but nothing is 100%. Until that changes, government should do all it can to stop this epidemic. You should educate yourself before you make really ignorant and damaging statements like your post. How sad.
It's not that expensive. You could pv shingle the southern side roof of an average home for ~$10,000 - I know, as a friend has hard quotes. Assuming the shingles last only 10 years, that about $1000/year in costs that you'd have to recoup. Given that some areas of the country have exhorbitantly high power bills (anyone been to California lately? Or Texas in July/August?), you'd only have to save less than $100/month in power costs to make this work. Small price to pay in my mind. Should be required on all new construction.
Soliciting a Washington resident via email is attempting to conduct business. Doesn't matter if the email originates from Walla Walla, New York or New Delhi. Once you attempt to solicit business in this state, you are subject to the jurisdiction of Washington courts. Case law is crystal clear on this and has been for decades. Read the International Shoe case from the 40s. It explains the concept pretty well. Interestingly enough, it was a US Supreme Court case that dealt with solicitation/conducting business in Washington state by an out of state company. It's one of the foremost cases on jurisdiction of state courts over non-resident defendants. Keep in mind this only applies to email sent to Washington residents - and then only if it's fraudulent. On the more pragmatic side of it: If you don't like Washington's law on this you have two choices. 1. Don't send emails with false headers - emails with authentic headers are not covered by this law. 2. Don't send commercial email to Washington residents. Then you don't have to worry about. Can't figure out if someone is a Washington resident or not? Too bad.
Not quite right. Soliciting is a form of conducting business. Soliciting a person within the State of Washington is an attempt to conduct business within the borders of that state. US courts at the federal and state levels have consistently held that if you attempt to/ or conduct business in that state, you are subject to the laws of that state, regardless of where you reside. The effect? You attempt to do business here (Washington) you better be prepared to answer to the courts. Just because you live out of state does not mean that I can't get you with a summons or subpoena using the long-arm statutes.
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