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Renegade:
Just in case you live in Florida, you might want to get rid of all your computers, laptops, smart phones, tablets, Raspberry Pis, and anything else like it. You don't want to end up in prison, after all. ;)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/08/florida-banned-computers_n_3561701.html

Florida Accidentally Banned All Computers, Smart Phones In The State Through Internet Cafe Ban: Lawsuit

When Florida lawmakers recently voted to ban all Internet cafes, they worded the bill so poorly that they effectively outlawed every computer in the state, according to a recent lawsuit.

In April Florida Governor Rick Scott approved a ban on slot machines and Internet cafes after a charity tied to Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll was shut down on suspicion of being an Internet gambling front -- forcing Carroll, who had consulted with the charity, to resign.

Florida's 1,000 Internet cafes were shut down immediately, including Miami-Dade's Incredible Investments, LLC, a café that provides online services to migrant workers, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

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Now... if any of our friends that live in Florida post in this thread, we'll know that they are hardened criminals with no respect for the law! :P

But thank God that the good people of Florida are now protected from the evils of Internet cafes! Phew! They really dodged a bullet there! God only knows how much more damage Internet cafes would have done to the poor people of Florida had they not banned them.

sword:
See, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", by Lewis Carroll

Stoic Joker:
Actually that's not even the worst part. The worst part was the flimsy assed excuse that the came up with for banning the cafes in the first place. You see...The cafe's were construed to be a specifically cash business...which then of course auto-magically made them more susceptible to (well basically causal of) crime.

I shit you not, it was on the news...and came directly out of the mouth of one of the state big wigs.

What a complete and utter jackass. It seems none of these retards has ever heard of, check cashing companies, pawn shops, we buy gold/silver stores, or any bar/liquor store ... All of which are either strictly or predominantly cash businesses.

I frequently left the bar at night with anywhere between $500 - $3,000 in cash on me. Banks were closed, and locking it in the building -- With a monitored alarm system -- not more than 2 miles from the fuzz -- just didn't work out because we got robbed (after hours break in).

Renegade:
Actually that's not even the worst part. The worst part was the flimsy assed excuse that the came up with for banning the cafes in the first place. You see...The cafe's were construed to be a specifically cash business...which then of course auto-magically made them more susceptible to (well basically causal of) crime.

I shit you not, it was on the news...and came directly out of the mouth of one of the state big wigs.
-Stoic Joker (July 13, 2013, 11:23 PM)
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Sounds like more of the psy-op to demonize cash and move people to digital currency that can be strictly controlled. After all, you're a terrorist if you always pay for your morning coffee with cash... :(

Renegade:
See, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", by Lewis Carroll
-sword (July 13, 2013, 11:09 PM)
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Hahaha! Deeper and deeper down the rabbit-hole we go...

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