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Computers Outlawed in Florida
mwb1100:
This got a little bit of a write-up on cracked.com today:
what's certain is that all of you reading this in Florida are filthy outlaws right now, and we've automatically reported you to the FBI.-http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/4-astounding-screw-ups-government-workers-failed-to-notice/
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Tinman57:
Florida.....That pretty much speaks for itself. :D One of the politicians probably saw something on one of the computers that looked like a hanging chad and freaked..... :P
Stoic Joker:
One of the politicians probably saw something on one of the computers that looked like a hanging chad and freaked.....-Tinman57 (July 15, 2013, 08:45 PM)
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Oh FFS Seriously?? I can't stop laughing long enough to get mad ... But can we let that go?
40hz:
I think a lot of the motivation behind laws like this is to ultimately eliminate the ability to anonymously access the web. Small surprise really since you need an account or a license to use almost any other communication technology. Even public speech is starting to require a permit in many places.
So in Florida's case, I think one unspoken goal is to get the Internet equivalent of a public pay phone off the streets. Because it's just one more way to get a handle on the illegal migrant worker community.
Not that Florida wants to stop these people from coming in since so many "respectable American businesses" depend on "undocumented laborers" being available to work for slim wages - with no benefits.
But that doesn't mean Florida doesn't want to keep an eye on these people. They just want to monitor these folks without officially "seeing" them, since to do so might force the state to have to start enforcing its existing laws forbidding employers from knowingly hiring and profiting from illegal workers.
Start doing things like that and who knows where it will end? :tellme:
Renegade:
Start doing things like that and who knows where it will end? :tellme:
-40hz (July 16, 2013, 07:48 AM)
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Well, "Brave New World" is the medical tyranny, so it must instead be the last part of "1984". ;)
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