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From: gsmith@brahms.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Towards making hosts and their admin free from a criminal offence
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Date: Mon, 19-May-86 11:10:58 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 19 11:10:58 1986
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In article <164@comp.lancs.ac.uk> craig@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Craig Wylie) writes:

>There are countries, such as France, with a very different set of laws
>from those used in the USA. It is I believe illegal to send personal
>details across French borders by Electronic means. Although I don't agree
>with this rule it wasn't passed by the French legislature as a personal
>challange to every other country in the world. They did it as the elected
>officials of their country. I'm sure you wouldn't dispute their right to
>do this.

>Simply because your actions aren't illegal where they are perpetrated
>dosen't mean that you shouldn't consider their legality in all the places
>where they are manifest.

    We have enough trouble dealing with the censorship lobby in this country.
We do not need help from England or France for more censorship. I would
imagine the converse is true as well. If everyone starts exporting their own
censorship, we will all end up under arrest by the KGB for slandering the
Soviet State. By the way, what is a "personal detail" and how does one go
about sending such a thing to France?

   Since you claimed that Barry can't write, I should like to point out that
you can't spell. I thought we were Educated here?

ucbvax!brahms!gsmith    Gene Ward Smith/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720
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