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an experiment that fails. Only the will of the citizens prevents a
country from becoming despotic, and Americans have no such will.
And if you are, it's plain you are the one without will. This is all part of the constitutionally protected debate to protect, regulate, or give greater freedom to the potential risks and glorious advantages of new technology. You are like a frumpy doomsday hitchhiker whining on the side of the information superhighway. Go stick your thumb somewhere else.
Yawn.
to regulate interstate commerce. This umbrella has been abused
countless times in the past, but this might be one case when it
can be applied appropriately. The purchase of domain names,
publishing of web content, income produced by ads, and
commerce conducted in online stores are all legitimate forms of
interstate commerce that no state government could ever hope
to regulate independently, and the Constitution hands it over to
the federal government for exactly that reason.
That said, it's a pointless endeavor. The internet is an
international entity, and U.S. laws are worthless outside our
borders. You'd end up with a legal nightmare whenever you had
a content provider or server outside of the U.S. As much as he'd
like to think otherwise, Gonzales cannot legislate the entire
planet.
- Congress shall make no law ...
- by nicmart April 22, 2006 5:20 PM PDT
- But that was when the constitution held promise, not now that it is
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- Yes and no...
- by No_Man April 22, 2006 5:47 PM PDT
- The federal government has the Constitutionally defined power
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- Who are you again?
- by Soupir April 22, 2006 11:59 PM PDT
- You must not be an American, nicmart.
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- experiment that fails
- by Ipod Apple April 28, 2007 5:30 AM PDT
- http://www.analogstereo.com/vauxhall_corsa_owners_manual.htm
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(8 Comments)an experiment that fails. Only the will of the citizens prevents a
country from becoming despotic, and Americans have no such will.
to regulate interstate commerce. This umbrella has been abused
countless times in the past, but this might be one case when it
can be applied appropriately. The purchase of domain names,
publishing of web content, income produced by ads, and
commerce conducted in online stores are all legitimate forms of
interstate commerce that no state government could ever hope
to regulate independently, and the Constitution hands it over to
the federal government for exactly that reason.
That said, it's a pointless endeavor. The internet is an
international entity, and U.S. laws are worthless outside our
borders. You'd end up with a legal nightmare whenever you had
a content provider or server outside of the U.S. As much as he'd
like to think otherwise, Gonzales cannot legislate the entire
planet.
And if you are, it's plain you are the one without will. This is all part of the constitutionally protected debate to protect, regulate, or give greater freedom to the potential risks and glorious advantages of new technology. You are like a frumpy doomsday hitchhiker whining on the side of the information superhighway. Go stick your thumb somewhere else.
Yawn.