Gee, thanks to great Americans like John Ashcroft, and the friendly
legislators who gave us the Patriot Act, several of those items you listed
can also get you prosecuted in the good old USA (see below). Of course, you
would hardly want to encourage most of this activity -- it's the free speech
ramifications that are the issue.
While I am certain most listers join you in deploring the human rights
situation in China, it is not the only place where civil liberties are under
threat.
Frankly, the only relevant part of the whole post was this item:
"2). Another reason that there are no MG listers from China is that I'd
bet that there are not many MG enthusiast in China..."
Well, yeah... or in Bangladesh, or Iceland, or Ivory Coast... what's the
point?
on 10/31/02 8:28 PM, Jerry Erbesfield at jerbesfield@mindspring.com wrote:
> No organization or individual may use telecommunications networks to
> make, duplicate, issue, or disseminate information containing the
> following:
>
> (1) Material that opposes the basic principles established by the
> constitution;
>
> (2) Material that jeopardizes national security, reveals state secrets,
> subverts state power, or undermines national unity;
>
> (3) Material that harms the prosperity and interests of the state;
>
> (4) Material that arouses ethnic animosities, ethnic discrimination, or
> undermines ethnic solidarity;
>
...
>
> (6) Material that spreads rumors, disturbs social order, or undermines
> social stability;
>
> (7) Material that spreads obscenities, pornography, gambling, violence,
> murder, terror, or instigates crime;
>
> (8) Material that insults or slanders others or violates the legal
> rights and interests of others;
>
> (9) Material that has other contents prohibited by laws or
> administrative regulations.
>
...
>
> We are so lucky to live in the wonderful country that we do!
>
> Jerry Erbesfield
> 73 Black Beauty B Roadster
> jerbesfield@mindspring.com
>
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