More on the California home school decision from Mere Orthodoxy, indicating that the situation may not be as simple as those who think I made the issue too simple think it is.
Kentucky Lawmaker Wants to Make Anonymous Internet Posting Illegal
Wednesday, Mar 05, 2008 - 11:11 PM Updated: 12:40 PM
By Kellie Wilson
Kentucky Representative Tim Couch filed a bill this week to make anonymous posting online illegal.
The bill would require anyone who contributes to a website to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that site.
Their full name would be used anytime a comment is posted.
If the bill becomes law, the website operator would have to pay if someone was allowed to post anonymously on their site. The fine would be five-hundred dollars for a first offense and one-thousand dollars for each offense after that.
Representative Couch says he filed the bill in hopes of cutting down on online bullying. He says that has especially been a problem in his Eastern Kentucky district.
Action News 36 asked people what they thought about the bill.
Some said they felt it was a violation of First Amendment rights. Others say it is a good tool toward eliminating online harassment.
Represntative Couch says enforcing this bill if it became law would be a challenge.
Yes, I was going to post on this, but you beat me to it.
As much as I dislike rude comments on my blog from anonymous posters, I think we can all handle this all by ourselves without the government dictating to us how we have to do it.
Among other things, I am a lobbyist, and I happen to know that that bill isn't going anywhere.
Getting back to the original post, I think California should find a balance between ensuring the children are properly educated and the parents preferences, and the ISP programs seemed very reasonable (although I would prefer that the supervising body was a public school).
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Kentucky Lawmaker Wants to Make Anonymous Internet Posting Illegal
Wednesday, Mar 05, 2008 - 11:11 PM Updated: 12:40 PM
By Kellie Wilson
Kentucky Representative Tim Couch filed a bill this week to make anonymous posting online illegal.
The bill would require anyone who contributes to a website to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that site.
Their full name would be used anytime a comment is posted.
If the bill becomes law, the website operator would have to pay if someone was allowed to post anonymously on their site. The fine would be five-hundred dollars for a first offense and one-thousand dollars for each offense after that.
Representative Couch says he filed the bill in hopes of cutting down on online bullying. He says that has especially been a problem in his Eastern Kentucky district.
Action News 36 asked people what they thought about the bill.
Some said they felt it was a violation of First Amendment rights. Others say it is a good tool toward eliminating online harassment.
Represntative Couch says enforcing this bill if it became law would be a challenge.
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Jah,
Yes, I was going to post on this, but you beat me to it.
As much as I dislike rude comments on my blog from anonymous posters, I think we can all handle this all by ourselves without the government dictating to us how we have to do it.
Among other things, I am a lobbyist, and I happen to know that that bill isn't going anywhere.
Getting back to the original post, I think California should find a balance between ensuring the children are properly educated and the parents preferences, and the ISP programs seemed very reasonable (although I would prefer that the supervising body was a public school).
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