Why pick on yahoo?...
Or even better; why pick on the Internet?
OK, all French are arogant, they smell, they roll over at the sight of a uniform.....
Americans are all fat, vacant and work-shy....
The Scots are short, hairy, ginger lunatics.....
English are......and on, and on and on......
Can we please get back on topic.
The issue in question is not a new one. For the sake of this argument; if an item is illegal to buy in any particular region - rightly or wrongly - then it simply IS illegal.
However, when selling such items, all that is normally required is a disclaimer along the lines of:
"Some of the items we sell such as: knives, bayonets, machetes, handcuffs, leg irons, etc. may be illegal to own in your locality. Since ####### cannot know every local and state law in the country, it is the responsibility of the buyer to comply with all local, state, and federal laws. When placing an order with us for "restricted" items you warrant to us that you are a legal adult without legal disabilities and are in compliance with all local, state, and federal laws. All such products will be shipped via UPS with "Adult Signature Required""
{taken from a US website}
{UK electronics sites often carry a similar disclaimer re: radio equipment}
It appears to me that what we see here is the very dangerous issue of the French judicial system trying to set a precident in Internet censorship. Banning access to sites due to content is surely the issue. Once a precident has been set by France, we could easily find this kind of censorship on our own doorsteps.
Doesn't this strike anyone as more important than off-topic xenophobe rants?
(Although, granted, not as much fun:-))
As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, none of us was likely around to fight the Nazis in WWII. (By "us", I mean the/.rs reading this.) We are around now, and if we sit back and allow OUR Internet to be regulated in this manner we will become the modern day equivalent of "collaborators" OK, no lives are directly at stake: but freedom of information is.
And, in my opinion, the freedom for us (and future generations) to learn / think and make informed decisions is pretty fucking important.
I just hope that the "Internet experts" manage to put this across in their investigation / appeal period.
tear along the dotted line
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Why pick on yahoo?...
:-))
/.rs reading this.) We are around now, and if we sit back and allow OUR Internet to be regulated in this manner we will become the modern day equivalent of "collaborators" OK, no lives are directly at stake: but freedom of information is.
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Or even better; why pick on the Internet?
OK, all French are arogant, they smell, they roll over at the sight of a uniform.....
Americans are all fat, vacant and work-shy....
The Scots are short, hairy, ginger lunatics.....
English are......and on, and on and on......
Can we please get back on topic.
The issue in question is not a new one. For the sake of this argument; if an item is illegal to buy in any particular region - rightly or wrongly - then it simply IS illegal.
However, when selling such items, all that is normally required is a disclaimer along the lines of:
"Some of the items we sell such as: knives, bayonets, machetes, handcuffs, leg irons, etc. may be illegal to own in your locality. Since ####### cannot know every local and state law in the country, it is the responsibility of the buyer to comply with all local, state, and federal laws. When placing an order with us for "restricted" items you warrant to us that you are a legal adult without legal disabilities and are in compliance with all local, state, and federal laws. All such products will be shipped via UPS with "Adult Signature Required""
{taken from a US website}
{UK electronics sites often carry a similar disclaimer re: radio equipment}
It appears to me that what we see here is the very dangerous issue of the French judicial system trying to set a precident in Internet censorship. Banning access to sites due to content is surely the issue. Once a precident has been set by France, we could easily find this kind of censorship on our own doorsteps.
Doesn't this strike anyone as more important than off-topic xenophobe rants?
(Although, granted, not as much fun
As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, none of us was likely around to fight the Nazis in WWII. (By "us", I mean the
And, in my opinion, the freedom for us (and future generations) to learn / think and make informed decisions is pretty fucking important.
I just hope that the "Internet experts" manage to put this across in their investigation / appeal period.
tear along the dotted line
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