Hello Gang!
Just a few comments from "Pugwash, NS" --- Bill Traynor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sure most of you have seen this nice little > tidbit of news this morning: > > http://news.com.com/2100-1023-955595.html?tag=politech Actually, I didn't until you brought it to my attention ... thanx! :) > Hmmmm. > > I just love these blanket policies. The government > is basically saying > that I (and I use I on purpose here) might commit > cybercrimes or use the > internet and/or other electronic means in a crime at > some point in the > future; therefore, the government is simply going to > order the surveillance > of ME prior to any actual crime being committed, but > just in case. Picture it ... a flower delivery van parked outside your house with antennae protruding and a wire up the telephone pole. The Men in Black are chasing ghosts; armed with the knowledge: "She/He programs Open Source ... therefore he/she must be programming Communism!! ... We got our suspect!" Meanwhile, the Chetacamp Cell of the Cape Breton Liberation Army are communicating with their Leader, The Rt Hon Col John Cabot Trail, via handwritten notes. > What kind of backwards logic is this? Sounds like we're repeating history. We Canucks paid a fortune to enable the RCMP to chase aound shadowing potential "Red Demons" that might have been a threat to US Mega Corproations back in the '60s (and we have yet to be compensated for it). Then,the Chenier Cell came out of no where in October 1970; and turned our whole Dominion upside-down. The authorities were left wondering "Huh? ... What's FLQ? Is that a codeword from Moscow?" etc. Page 10, para 1, 1.; proposes to have providers bear the cost of providing "lawful access". Yeah, right! ... Who's *really* going to pay for it? As a group, we are open and we are strong. In fact, we do have a responsibility to weed out the cyberstalkers, etc., and not allow our authorities to descend to the same level ... and not chase "Ruskie Ghosts"! I would suggest we put together our thoughts here on the list. Then, we could send *one* letter to justice.gc.ca with our comments, apprehensions, and learned suggestions. A copy of which should be posted on the internet for all to see, of course. This will be far better than having us, as individuals, creating a virtual spam attack to their mail server, from the sheer number of comments we are capable of (I'm just as guilty). :) We don't want that, do we? Let's keep it Open, Strong, and Free! -jim > > Comments on the proposal can be sent to > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] no later > than Nov. 15. Of course, read the document first > http://www.canada.justice.gc.ca/en/cons/la_al/law_access.pdf > > Bill > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com
