> From: Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Fool wrote: > > >This is by far one of the single biggest attacks on freedom of speech > >that has ever been carried out. Any American who exercises their first > >amendment rights is now subject to Australian law. This sets Australian > >law higher than even the U.S. constitution, and makes all Americans > >slaves to the censorship laws the predominate in Australia. > > > >Anything I say online may now be prosecuted in Australia under Australian > >law. I doubt it will be much longer before all countries have declared > >their laws sovereign over the U.S. constitution. How long will it be > >before Saudi Arabia tries to prosecute me for saying 'Mohammed was a > >pedophile who was inspired with his lips around Satans penis'? > > > > What about posession of child pornography? Do you think that it should be > given the same consideration? I understand that it's a different situation, > but you can be prosecuted in this country (and entirely, completely rightly > so) for possessing pornographic materials that were neither manufactured by > you or in your country of origin. > > There are obviously differences.
You mean transmission or 'speech' and not possession. Child Porn is evidence of a crime. The supreme court struct down the 'Virtual Child porn' act a few months ago. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
