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- MHunt, on 10/17/2008, -0/+190The summary above is false. The judge refused to dismiss the lawsuit. He didn't rule in favor of it. Of course I think he should have thrown it out, which hopefully he will do in November.
Wow. Another nanny state. Here in the State of Washington, online gambling is a class C felony. One kid "got addicted" to online gambling, lost a ton of money, then killed himself. His mother went to the legislature, explained how we needed to "save the children" and, as Emeril would say, Bam, online gambling was illegal. - inactive, on 10/17/2008, -8/+124The judge ruled that the Internet can be censored at "an international or municipal level." It's official the first amendment is no longer in use today! However, I'll bet those same Judges would NEVER restrict or censor the internet in regards to PORN would they? Thought so.
- TheEngineer2008, on 10/17/2008, -3/+112We should all write to Beshear, at:
http://governor.ky.gov/contact/contact.htm
Members of the Poker Players Alliance in Kentucky and nationwide have flooded his office with phone calls and letters. I hope everyone here will join in. - torgarman, on 10/17/2008, -11/+66As I read this article, I could almost hear the banjoes playing in the background.
Buried for inaccurate description - kurtwinter, on 10/17/2008, -2/+47Later, the judge ruled that moon was made of cheese, Gigli was a good film, and that pi is 3.
- inactive, on 10/17/2008, -1/+33censoring the internet kinda sucks ass
- aramova, on 10/17/2008, -0/+32If he can censor the world, then the world should have a vote on if he's in office representing it or not.
- inactive, on 10/17/2008, -12/+43Buried for inaccuracy and sensationalism.
- mikeevegas, on 10/17/2008, -2/+33fta:
FRANKFORT, Ky. -
A Franklin County Circuit Court judge refused Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to block access to more than 140 online casinos in Kentucky.
Judge Thomas Wingate ruled that he will hear arguments on Nov. 17 before deciding whether to give Kentucky's state government control of 141 domain names, which include the Internet's most popular gambling Web sites.
buried. - chrisduser, on 10/17/2008, -3/+32A real douche for not taking his mother with him. Freedom hating wench.
- leerayIG88, on 10/17/2008, -11/+39*****, im glad that kid died. what a douche...
- pr0t0, on 10/17/2008, -0/+26www = World Wide Web
World as in the planet. Earth. Populated by, among other creatures, humans who have congregated into geographic groups known as countries. Each country is free to establish their own laws. The country known as The United States is further subdivided into states. Each state is free to establish their own laws as well.
So, Kentucky, if you don't want gambling sites accessible in your state. Block them yourself. These offshore sites are under no obligation follow your state laws, and under no obligation to follow your country's laws. It would clearly be an undue burden on the site to conform to the laws of every country, state, province, city, town, village, and gated community.
This seems like something even a child should be able to understand. - swizzcheez, on 10/17/2008, -4/+30Totally inaccurate. The governor kept the case from being rejected. The judge still needs to hear arguments, convene a jury, get a finding, etc. Not to mention federal circuit courts as well as the supreme circuit would snap up any decision that would limit free speech. A long way to go indeed before this becomes a real issue.
-1 Inaccurate... - Mardala, on 10/17/2008, -0/+25Maybe he was listening to his satanic LP's backwards and heard messages telling him to gamble his money away?
- mrdeathgod, on 10/17/2008, -6/+25Hi, Kentucky? Yeah, it's me, The Internet. Listen, I'm not sure if you're aware of this or not, but it's the twenty-goddamn-first-***** century. You need to shape up and get your act together or your sorry ass is gonna get left behind.
- jimrin, on 10/17/2008, -1/+19Seems like we're becoming more like China every day....
- redwallhp, on 10/17/2008, -0/+18Or political sites.
- Elderon, on 10/17/2008, -1/+18I don't like the idea that the state is even considering to "give" the domain names to this guy. They DO NOT belong to the state. shut the guy down if you can, send cease and desist letters, sue the guy, but stealing his website domain name is wrong. In my opinion the state has no right.
- MadKennyP, on 10/17/2008, -0/+16Nice catch, Mike.
- KyleGoetz, on 10/17/2008, -0/+13Actually it was GTA, South Park, and sex on TV.
- Andrwmorph, on 10/17/2008, -3/+16In this day and age I believe that the internet is pretty much a right.
- redwallhp, on 10/17/2008, -0/+13That would be unlawful seizure of property, wouldn't it? They don't belong to the state, any country etc. They belong to the individuals/businesses that own them. This would be similar to the state of Kentucky taking an Irishman's Porsche 930 because it doesn't meet Kentucky's emissions regulations.
- Nick217, on 10/17/2008, -1/+13they really ought to move this case OUT of kentucky.
- mdman, on 10/17/2008, -0/+12Next they will be blocking retail sites because it takes away state sales!
what a crock of *****! - CaptCarrot, on 10/17/2008, -0/+12Only insofar as such sites might be 'stealing' business from Kentucky's porn industry. So... they have nothing to worry about. :)
- Halotosis, on 10/17/2008, -0/+12So what do they propose, building the Great Firewall of Kentucky?
- wackyronpauI, on 10/17/2008, -0/+12"Beshear claims that they're "stealing" business from Kentucky's horse racing industry."
Just like Burger King is stealing Revenue from McDonalds. - lsatkins, on 10/17/2008, -0/+11It has nothing to do with religion. The Governor of Kentucky thinks that people should be gambling at bingo parlors and horse tracks in Kentucky. Instead of throwing their money away to overseas companies he wants them to throw it away in Kentucky.
- ventralnet, on 10/17/2008, -1/+12Say hello to millions and millions of proxy's from other states popping up that Kentucky can use.
- mrlogandavis, on 10/17/2008, -1/+11Beshear is only doing this because he has a vested interest in legalizing gambling within his state. If he wouldn't personally be benefiting from the possible existence of casinos in his state, he wouldn't be doing this.
- absentmindedjwc, on 10/17/2008, -1/+11the internet may not be a right as free speech is a right. But the ability to say what you will online is directly within the domain of free speech, so your whole argument is moot.
- rebotfc, on 10/18/2008, -0/+9um you removed infinite digits dude...
- zephc, on 10/17/2008, -0/+9*picture a horse mafia*
Do you find a severed jockey head under your sheets if you cross them? - Otto, on 10/17/2008, -0/+9Time to take the DNS system away from governmental control, methinks.
- betacmag4u, on 10/17/2008, -0/+9Wow .....US law is now international law......who'd a thunk it.
- Perk, on 10/17/2008, -3/+11OpenDNS is your friend.
- inactive, on 10/17/2008, -4/+12Buried for retarded description and sensationalism.
- rald84, on 10/17/2008, -1/+9lol lol lol. he looks dumber than that judge who tried to block wikileaks, and that guy was FEDERAL. this guy's a county judge, not even appellate or supreme court of kentucky.
- faintember, on 10/17/2008, -1/+9I think this is more about the greed of Kentucky rather than religion.
- wadd, on 10/17/2008, -0/+8I find it hard to imagine that a local court has jurisdiction over Internet Domain names. I can sense the lawyers salivating...
- peestandingup, on 10/17/2008, -0/+8Hit em where it hurts. Boycott those precious horse races they are trying to protect.
- VitriolAndAngst, on 10/17/2008, -0/+8Judge also rules that placing a briefcase full of cash outside his chamber doors falls under "finders keepers" and does not come into conflict with bribery laws.
- FanofFilm, on 10/17/2008, -0/+8more about the greed of the state government and the horse mafia lobbyists.
- KyleGoetz, on 10/17/2008, -1/+8What research? You misspelled banjos, not him. "Banjos" and "banjoes" are both correct spellings. Putting an apostrophe in the word? Not quite.
- inactive, on 10/17/2008, -0/+7Usually my state really rocks, but lately elected official seems to be doing the exact opposite of what I want them to do.
- torgarman, on 10/17/2008, -0/+6No, the summary is wrong. The governor did not win the domain names. The case is still pending.
- sfacets, on 10/17/2008, -0/+6like China and Australia.
- inactive, on 10/17/2008, -0/+6If he's going to start regulating my internet, the least he could do is pay my bill.
- czeman, on 10/17/2008, -0/+6Exactly. Whatever happened to free enterprise?
- nateisrael, on 10/17/2008, -2/+8this sounds like it's out of a bad movie... is this judge the brother of Buford T. Justice?
seriously... a sad day for the judicial system. -
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