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- ThomasPalmer, on 03/10/2008, -6/+858Huh? So if implemented, how does it work and prevent a fake address from being used. Let me guess, they have to mail a code in a letter to that address and the user has to send a reply of the code, a copy of a social security card, driver's license, and passport before the person can comment? Dumb.
- inactive, on 03/10/2008, -5/+856For a second I thought I was reading the onion.
- travisxedge, on 03/10/2008, -30/+800i can has furst amendmunt??
- tzisc, on 03/10/2008, -8/+629god i can't wait until this idiot baby boomer generation gets out of office
- solidus636, on 03/10/2008, -5/+589Internet bullying? Are you serious?
- nahsrocketeer75, on 03/10/2008, -0/+453FTA: "Represntative Couch says enforcing this bill if it became law would be a challenge." ... Ya think?
- IVillageIdiot, on 03/10/2008, -7/+457Would this also count on bathroom walls? How about on the inside of the pyramids of Giza? The Roman Coliseum? Anonymity has been around for some 4000+ years, and NOW we need a law???
Another control freak, sorry our quota is full. Deselect him and eject him, regardless of party! - CSHYDRASHOK, on 03/10/2008, -16/+368Yet more evidence our county is going to hell!
- jstohler, on 03/10/2008, -5/+315HOW TO CONTACT TIM COUCH:
Email: http://www.lrc.ky.gov/Mailform/H090.htm
Mailing Address:
PO Box 710
Hyden KY 41749
Phone Numbers:
Home: (606) 672-8998
Home: (606) 672-8998 (fax)
Annex: (502) 564-8100 Ext. 632 - smacksaw, on 03/10/2008, -5/+307Dear Tim Couch,
Amazingly, you are a ***** lawmaker than you are a quarterback.
Sincerely,
-Anonymous
ps I don't care if you're the same Tim Couch or not. - hexydes, on 03/10/2008, -5/+283And this is why I tell everyone it is so important that we start teaching geography more in our schools...
Anyone could miss Kentucky, all tucked away down there (just past Zimbabwe). - wesw02, on 03/10/2008, -3/+182Its extremely likely this guy has no idea how the internet works.
- doshindude, on 03/10/2008, -13/+179Scientology?
- logicalnoise, on 03/10/2008, -4/+154no way of enforcing it + no way of knowing any info is real = just about a huge failure.
- mlwarrior, on 03/10/2008, -5/+134What?
- underdugg, on 03/10/2008, -3/+109And what about websites operated overseas? ...would they eventually have to block these, since they won' comply with silly US laws?
- Scrappy1850, on 03/10/2008, -3/+105i didnt need a passport the last time i went to kentucky. have things changed?
- Grimdotdotdot, on 03/10/2008, -6/+107"All you mother ***** are going to pay! You are the ones who are the ball lickers! I am going to ***** your mothers while you sit there and cry like little whiney bitches. After we go to Hollywood and stop those Miramax ***** from making our movie. I am going to make you eat my *****, then your going to ***** out your ***** which is made up of my ***** that I made you eat. Then all you mother ***** are next."
- Ribbed4U, on 03/10/2008, -6/+105But if their servers are running Norton...
- plamoni, on 03/10/2008, -4/+100Here's how it works: Only in Kentucky. Hopefully this guy understands that if this law gets passed, it will simply cause Internet companies to avoid Kentucky. No company is going to want to deal with that sort of stupidness, and it only makes sense that they would just move to another state rather than shut down their user-generated content. The only thing this law would accomplish is to drive Internet-based companies out of Kentucky.
Driving companies away from your state is not a good way to keep your elected position. So my guess is that even if this law goes into effect (which it won't, it's not like this is Kansas we're dealing with), it will probably only last a couple months at most before it's repealed and Couch there loses his job.
Buried as Inaccurate. - trevorjez, on 03/10/2008, -2/+86pros: fewer "first" comments
cons: everything else - freezeout, on 03/10/2008, -1/+85simple, you just drop a copy of your SS card into one of the tubes (be sure to roll it up nicely or it won't slide down the tube properly), the webmaster in Kentucky verifies it then sends it back. whatever you do DO NOT send your ID via a big 'ol truck because that's not how the internet works.
- asspants, on 03/10/2008, -3/+80I have a good idea, but getting everyone on board will be impossible.
Every time we want to use the word anonymous, we replace it with Tim Couch.
When it asks for a name to post under we type in Tim Couch.
logging into ftp servers anonymously? not anymore... your new login is timcouch and your password is his email address. - Shaman760, on 03/10/2008, -1/+76See ya, Craigslist.
- ccblaker, on 03/10/2008, -2/+75From a webmaster's standpoint, this is a nightmare. Webmasters will need to be held responsible for all postings- this is deeper than it looks. If webmasters are held responsible- can you imagine the legislation, the licenses, the training, the submissions to the government??? Somebody call this Nazi out- even if its in the mens room.
- inactive, on 03/10/2008, -8/+79$100 says he is a scientologist.
- FyreGoddess, on 03/10/2008, -5/+75You know, I don't mind giving my contact information to the website during registration, but I don't want any of my information made public, not even my full name. I've worked hard to develop and validate an internet persona that I use for all my online activity and it is separate from who I am IRL (and exempt from, say, employer searches).
I can understand the desire to have people register with real information, but I don't think that it should automatically be made public. Frankly, if I'm harassing you, you should be able to contact the people running the platform and get my information, especially if it is a real threat, but why should everyone be forced to combine their web presence with their real life in so obvious a manner? - davidsmero, on 03/10/2008, -1/+66Contact him anonymously? Irony!
- trer, on 03/10/2008, -3/+68Internet Bullying is the most pressing issue among consitutents in Eastern Kentucky? What are they doing to solve the problem of real life bullying in schools?
- artliquide, on 03/10/2008, -1/+64Especially for those running in Miss Teen USA.
- anarchyx34, on 03/10/2008, -13/+75There goes 4chan.
Kiss free speech goodbye people. - houndeyex, on 03/10/2008, -2/+64In other news, judges determine that women wearing jeans can't be raped...
- noahhoward, on 03/10/2008, -1/+63You'd be amazed at the number of people who don't realize they can ignore morons online.
- inactive, on 03/10/2008, -1/+60Biggest Mistake Ever: DON'T contact him in any sort of threatening way, he'll just turn around and use it as evidence for his internet bullying case.
- sublimemm, on 03/10/2008, -2/+59amen
- jstohler, on 03/10/2008, -0/+56It gets weirder. This article -- http://kydem.blogspot.com/2008/03/tim-couch-politi ... -- quotes him as saying, "Couch on Wednesday readily acknowledged that his bill raises First Amendment issues regarding free speech, so he won't be pushing it." WTF, mate?
- PopcornDave, on 03/10/2008, -5/+59I think the gentleman, and I use that term sarcastically, from Kentucky needs some anonymous e-mail sent to him regarding this position, so here you go: http://www.lrc.ky.gov/Mailform/H090.htm
- ulmedas, on 03/10/2008, -5/+58I'm sorry, what is in where, and why did you feel the need to say that?
- inactive, on 03/10/2008, -5/+57Call me closed-minded.
Maybe, he can take the proposed bill, and whipe his ass with it, because it really is just going to piss people off. - vwvan, on 03/10/2008, -4/+54license plates on the information superhighway... pulled over for posting anonymously on a narrow Kentucky road in the middle of the night... a bright light in my face obscures the sound of heavy boots, the glint of keys, handcuffs and a giant revolver... now listen son, what we have here is a failure to communicate...
- Wonderama, on 03/10/2008, -2/+51I'm technically a boomer, born in what some regard as the transitional period (1960-1964) and I agree with your sentiments. People around my age are on the cusp of those who "get" technology. Some definitely do...it was the earlier part of the generation who created Apple, HP, Microsoft, etc., after all. But I see many who blunder through it and some who just don't understand how to use it, much less what it all means. This guy has no business trying to pass a law regarding something about which he's so obviously ignorant.
- smackjack, on 03/10/2008, -1/+48Don't worry Digg. I seriously doubt this will even leave the house floor. Plus didn't a judge already strike this idea down?
- daithiocoinnigh, on 03/10/2008, -2/+47When presented with a place you have never heard of, the best advice is to look it up and not assume that it is in Africa.
Then on reflection remember that there are several cities in Africa that have been ***** holes longer than most countries have existed. - ZacT, on 03/10/2008, -4/+49If someone emails me saying that I'm a loser, I leave my house and date his sister. That will learn him.
- vuke69, on 03/10/2008, -1/+42Oh, I'm sorry, were you saying something?
- Speed, on 03/10/2008, -15/+55Greatest generation my ass.
- GoneGreen, on 03/10/2008, -3/+43Yet another stab at free speech...
- kidcodea, on 03/10/2008, -2/+41i personally believe...
- blah247, on 03/10/2008, -7/+46Leave it to the United States to try and police the Internet... America! ***** Yah! Coming to save the *****' day yah!!
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