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Sayin’s stuff on Al Gore’s Internets

So, some guy said something really stupid on a blog comment section. He gets arrested for it. Ya know, free speech includes the right to say stupid things.

Update: what he said.

7 Responses to “Sayin’s stuff on Al Gore’s Internets”

  1. Rustmeister Says:

    I’d have asked to see the warrant before giving up any ISP info.

  2. HerrBGone Says:

    First Amendment? I thought they got rid of that when they instituted “Free Speech Zones” during the last presidential election… Then again, the Founding Fathers didn’t specifically state that the First Amendment applied to comments on the Internet. So I guess the .gov’s covered.

    [/snark]

    Seriously though, arresting someone based on these kinds of comments really could have a chilling effect on the dialogue both political and otherwise We the People are growing accustomed to on the web. The conspiracy theorist in me could easily come to believe that this is exactly the reason for such arrests. I really don’t think the .gov is sufficiently coordinated to pull off such a conspiracy. But the aggregate effect of all these small usurpations is really indistinguishable and produces the same net effect.

    As to the request for the user’s IP address: I too would rather they had insisted on seeing a warrant before releasing the data. For every inch we give the .gov will try to take a mile.

  3. Alcibiades McZombie Says:

    I’d like to see more trolls arrested.

  4. Cactus Jack Says:

    “the commenter is a liberal who is trying to discredit conservatives”

    I would’nt doubt that at all.

  5. straightarrow Says:

    The guy is a dickhead. The bigger dickheads are those who arrested and charged him and are likely to prosecute him.

    I can deal with his kind of dickheadedness without getting radical. To stop those other dickheads, people must be hurt. Tell me now, who is the more dangerous to society. It isn’t dickhead number 1.

  6. Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner Says:

    You need a poll for this one.

  7. Lyle Says:

    I’d comment, but I’d need to check with my lawyers first and it’s not worth the bother.

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